Alan Sparhawk has always been a prolific, protean musician. A restless soul eager to explore unfamiliar sonic and psychic terrain. Though hes obviously (and justifiably) best-known for his thirty years as frontman of the legendary band Low, a look at Sparhawks many side projects across that same span of time shows him experimenting with everything from punk and funk to production work and improvisation.

Low itself never settled for a set sound or approach. The band was always a collaborationa conversation, a romancebetween Sparhawk and his wife, Mimi Parker, who was the bands co-founder, drummer, co-lead vocalist, and its blazing irreplaceable heart. To take the journey from Lows hushed early work, through the tremendous melodies of their middle period, all the way to the late lush chaos of their final albums, is to witness h