Drums and Guns is Low’s eighth full-length album and second for Sub Pop. It’s also, after 2005’s The Great Destroyer, the second album they’ve recorded with producer Dave Fridmann.

Hailing from Duluth, Minnesota, Low formed in 1993. The band features Alan Sparhawk on vocals and guitar, Mimi Parker on vocals and drums, and Matt Livingston on bass and vocals.

Drums and Guns features a number of songs that ardent Low fans will recognize from the band’s live shows. These songs appear here in substantially altered forms, as though they’ve been taken apart and reassembled in striking new ways. While these songs feature new elements (looped vocals, drum machines, etc.) and are thoroughly, radiantly contemporary, they remain undeniably Low’s.

Drums and Guns possesses the unique, subtle beauty and power we’ve come to expect from Low, and the record is also a breathtaking step forward.

Toured Australia in June 2006 to packed venues, major fanbase await this release.