Showing posts with label Low Roar. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Low Roar. Show all posts

Friday, July 12, 2024

Low Roar - Low Roar (2011)

Low Roar was a project from singer/songwriter Ryan Karazija, who was originally the singer for San Francisco band Audrye Sessions, who were signed to the Sony BMG sub-label, Black Seal. They had attempts at EP's and albums, but they received mixed reviews at best, and so he re-assessed his life and made the brave decision to up sticks and move to Reykjavik, Iceland, where he thought that his music would have a better fit. Now recording as Low Roar, he released his self-titled debut album on Tonequake Records in November 2011, eliciting comparisons to artists such as Bright Eyes. Like fellow Icelanders, Sigur Ros, he matched timelessness with the cinematic, beauty and uplift with pain and harrowing melody, and there is a distinct Radiohead feel to some of the music. Recruiting drummer Logi Guðmundsson, the two toured Europe extensively, including early appearances at Iceland Airwaves & ATP Festival in 2014, and with the addition of Leifur Björnsson on keyboards, the band released their second record '0' in 2014. However, before the 'Low Roar' album came out in 2011, Karazija had recorded another set of songs which were intended to be the first release from his new band. When 'Low Roar' was released by Tonequake Records, this other collection was abandoned, but they are too good to be forgotten, so here is the record that Karazija wanted to be the first that the general public heard of his new project. 



Track listing

01 Aspirin 
02 The Gardener 
03 Big Parade  
04 Oh My God  
05 Voru2 
06 Son Of Mine 
07 Bergthorugata 
08 Build Up? Build Down? 
09 Not Where My Heart Is  
10 Samples 
11 Let Me Know When You Get There  
12 Butterflies 
13 Conscious, Not Really 
14 Idiot