The second track to surface from Low's forthcoming, Jeff Tweedy-produced The Invisible Way is another showcase for Mimi Parker, who elicits an emotive, emotionally stirring moment on the hymn-like "So Blue." After a brief fanfare of pounding piano and grinding bass, "So Blue" pulls a tight spotlight on Parker, who sings a prayer about forgiveness and transcendence that's both hushed and gripping in its intensity. When the music begins to swell around her, it's so powerful it takes your breath away for a moment, and yet Parker never loses her air of tranquilty at the center of it. It should go without saying that Low doesn't oversell the moment-- it sounds like there are three instruments at most on this track-- but Tweedy is able to make this classically understated band sound enormous.

[from The Invisible Way; out 03/18/13 in the UK and Europe and 03/19/13 in the U.S. via Sub Pop]