Listen to Alan Sparhawk talk about White Roses, My God - his debut solo LP, and first since the death of his wife and Low bandmate Mimi Parker - and it's clear that it's not so much an album that he consciously wanted to make as one that he simply HAD to make: "[I]n hindsight, I can see now that it must have been what needed to come out of me." It's almost as though he was merely a conduit through which the songs and words were channelled.
That the record is a challenging listen is not a surprise, but that it sounds the way it does may raise a few eyebrows. One thing's for certain: it's going to make for a very intense evening when he comes to Clwb in November.
Buzz review here.
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