Colleen: An album that carries significance for me on both musical and personal levels. It came at the tail end of the first phase of my music-making, which was pop/noisy rock oriented. I remember the exact moment I first heard “Words”, on the radio, in my studio flat in Dijon where I had gone to study English at 18: I heard the first chord and rushed to press record on my hi-fi system, sensing this would be something special. It felt immediately like its own thing, completely out there on its own in its intense, heartfelt minimalism – two qualities I try to combine in my own music. I prepared a tape for my brother with this song on it, meaning to give it to him during the Christmas holidays, but never got the chance to do so, as he committed suicide two weeks after the album’s release. To this day whenever I hear this album I think of that time period, and yet it doesn’t spoil my enjoyment of the album’s unique beauty.
Low – I Could Live In Hope
