Wed Aug 13 2025
7:30 PM - 11:00 PM
£27.06
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Over decades as one half of the pioneering band Low, Alan Sparhawk and his wife and lifelong creative partner Mimi Parker explored the force of powerful, gentle places by weaving together layering sounds, production, and emotion. Following Parker’s passing in 2022, fellow Duluth, Minnesota musicians Trampled by Turtles invited Sparhawk to join them on tour, and thus gave him a space to be surrounded by friends. Occasionally, he would join them onstage. Meanwhile, he was working on his first solo material, while playing around Minnesota with his son Cyrus in Derecho Rhythm Section, a funk band that also frequently features his daughter Hollis on vocals. And in Fall 2024, he released his first solo album, a haunting batch of mostly electronic anthems and éloges called “White Roses, My God.” Pitchfork wondered out loud how something so “blown out, staticky, inhuman” could simultaneously elicit “freedom” and “spiritual necessity,” a combination that the last Low releases had been developing already. Touring in support of “White Roses,” Sparhawk and band widened that same frame to incorporate mirthful soul, drones and Crazy Horse-like shredding, along with the unfiltered vocal majesty fans had long come to expect. With his follow-up album, veritably titled “With Trampled by Turtles,” Sparhawk’s guitar work is once again at the forefront, the songs still beamed from a unique inner sanctum of one, then reshaped in full collaboration with the band. Performing new solo material to a dedicated fan base around the world, collaboration fits his exemplary work ethic, which is fueled by his ceaseless need for reinvention. Sparhawk’s music is, at any given moment, very now
DHP Presents
Alan Sparhawk (of Low)
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Alan Sparhawk
Alternative Rock
Thirty years into a career of music making, 2024 finds Alan Sparhawk entering uncharted
territory. Sparhawk co-founded the band Low alongside vocalist and drummer Mimi Parker. Low’s music fearlessly explored the elementals and their thirteen albums inspired a still-evolving movement of artists mining the spacious, the graceful, and the intimate. Over time, Low’s anthemic songs heightened in urgency and tone, as well as intensified lyrical questioning. Their final album, Grammy nominated Hey What was released in 2021 to universal acclaim. Parker passed away in late 2022.
There is no question that Sparhawk’s first solo album—White Roses, My God—is a record borne of grief. However, it would be reductive, even foolish, to see grief as its sole source or organizing principle. Its taut, provocative experimentation is powered by profound lyrics and propulsive beats. White Roses, My God is an exorcism whose purpose is not to banish the spirit but to set it free. Having recently put in guest appearances with Matchess, Yo La Tengo, Trampled by Turtles, Peder Mannerfelt, Charlie Parr, and funk band Derecho Rhythm Section, Sparhawk’s tour schedule in support of White Roses, My God begins in November and extends through next spring, including an appearance at Pitchfork Music Festival London and support dates with Godspeed You! Black Emperor
£27.06 Ages 14+
Over decades as one half of the pioneering band Low, Alan Sparhawk and his wife and lifelong creative partner Mimi Parker explored the force of powerful, gentle places by weaving together layering sounds, production, and emotion. Following Parker’s passing in 2022, fellow Duluth, Minnesota musicians Trampled by Turtles invited Sparhawk to join them on tour, and thus gave him a space to be surrounded by friends. Occasionally, he would join them onstage. Meanwhile, he was working on his first solo material, while playing around Minnesota with his son Cyrus in Derecho Rhythm Section, a funk band that also frequently features his daughter Hollis on vocals. And in Fall 2024, he released his first solo album, a haunting batch of mostly electronic anthems and éloges called “White Roses, My God.” Pitchfork wondered out loud how something so “blown out, staticky, inhuman” could simultaneously elicit “freedom” and “spiritual necessity,” a combination that the last Low releases had been developing already. Touring in support of “White Roses,” Sparhawk and band widened that same frame to incorporate mirthful soul, drones and Crazy Horse-like shredding, along with the unfiltered vocal majesty fans had long come to expect. With his follow-up album, veritably titled “With Trampled by Turtles,” Sparhawk’s guitar work is once again at the forefront, the songs still beamed from a unique inner sanctum of one, then reshaped in full collaboration with the band. Performing new solo material to a dedicated fan base around the world, collaboration fits his exemplary work ethic, which is fueled by his ceaseless need for reinvention. Sparhawk’s music is, at any given moment, very now
Alan Sparhawk
Alternative Rock
Thirty years into a career of music making, 2024 finds Alan Sparhawk entering uncharted
territory. Sparhawk co-founded the band Low alongside vocalist and drummer Mimi Parker. Low’s music fearlessly explored the elementals and their thirteen albums inspired a still-evolving movement of artists mining the spacious, the graceful, and the intimate. Over time, Low’s anthemic songs heightened in urgency and tone, as well as intensified lyrical questioning. Their final album, Grammy nominated Hey What was released in 2021 to universal acclaim. Parker passed away in late 2022.
There is no question that Sparhawk’s first solo album—White Roses, My God—is a record borne of grief. However, it would be reductive, even foolish, to see grief as its sole source or organizing principle. Its taut, provocative experimentation is powered by profound lyrics and propulsive beats. White Roses, My God is an exorcism whose purpose is not to banish the spirit but to set it free. Having recently put in guest appearances with Matchess, Yo La Tengo, Trampled by Turtles, Peder Mannerfelt, Charlie Parr, and funk band Derecho Rhythm Section, Sparhawk’s tour schedule in support of White Roses, My God begins in November and extends through next spring, including an appearance at Pitchfork Music Festival London and support dates with Godspeed You! Black Emperor
territory. Sparhawk co-founded the band Low alongside vocalist and drummer Mimi Parker. Low’s music fearlessly explored the elementals and their thirteen albums inspired a still-evolving movement of artists mining the spacious, the graceful, and the intimate. Over time, Low’s anthemic songs heightened in urgency and tone, as well as intensified lyrical questioning. Their final album, Grammy nominated Hey What was released in 2021 to universal acclaim. Parker passed away in late 2022.
There is no question that Sparhawk’s first solo album—White Roses, My God—is a record borne of grief. However, it would be reductive, even foolish, to see grief as its sole source or organizing principle. Its taut, provocative experimentation is powered by profound lyrics and propulsive beats. White Roses, My God is an exorcism whose purpose is not to banish the spirit but to set it free. Having recently put in guest appearances with Matchess, Yo La Tengo, Trampled by Turtles, Peder Mannerfelt, Charlie Parr, and funk band Derecho Rhythm Section, Sparhawk’s tour schedule in support of White Roses, My God begins in November and extends through next spring, including an appearance at Pitchfork Music Festival London and support dates with Godspeed You! Black Emperor
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