Low have the distinction of being the only band I've ever heard to cover Joy Division ("Transmission") and sound like they get it. That in itself would make me love them, even if their original music didn't - which, mostly, it does. Atmospheric and minimalist at the same time, they were the perfect bridge between Factory-style post-punk (I hear a bit of Durutti Column in this) and shoegaze... not entirely unlike Galaxie 500, but, well, lower. And slower.
This is a hypnotic track from their 1994 debut album, I Could Live in Hope.
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