Lowly
A truly experimental pop band, Denmark's Lowly combine their formal training with warmth, wonder, and an insatiable curiosity that can't be taught. The group's 2017 debut album, Heba, combined silky vocals, guitars, and electronics in lush yet surprising ways, while 2019's R&B-influenced Hifalutin magnified the sweep of their music. With 2023's Keep Up the Good Work, Lowly reimagined themselves once more, surrounding their empathetic songwriting with cozy electro-acoustic sounds.
Lowly formed in 2014, when keyboardist Kasper Staub, vocalist/guitarist Nanna Schannong, vocalist Soffie Viemose, bassist/keyboardist Thomas Lund, and percussionist Steffen Lundtoft met at the musical academy in Aarhus. They soon attracted attention with the single "Daydreamers" and the 2015 EP Sink Way into Me, their debut release for Simon Raymonde's label Bella Union. Late in 2016, the single "Deer Eyes" hinted at the majesty of the band's first full-length, February 2017's Heba, which featured tenor saxophonist Jacob Danielsen and soprano singer Anna Maria Wierød, as well as co-production by Efterklang soundman/engineer Anders Boll.
While preparing to make their second album, Lowly performed a concert at Brønshøj Water Tower, a venue in suburban Copenhagen with so much reverb that the band had to streamline their music to avoid sounding muddy. This approach influenced the creation of Hifalutin, which they recorded with Boll in a huge warehouse with a wide array of microphones. Arriving in April 2019, the album found Lowly incorporating spoken word and R&B into their expansive sound. The group re-emerged in February 2023 with Keep Up the Good Work. Once again produced by Boll, its reflective songs were informed by the COVID-19 global pandemic and parenthood, with an emphasis on warm acoustic touches in its instrumentation.
© Heather Phares /TiVo
Similar artists
-
-
Keep Up The Good Work
Alternative & Indie - Released by Bella Union on Feb 17, 2023
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo -
Heba
Alternative & Indie - Released by Bella Union on Feb 10, 2017
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
-
-
Keep Up The Good Work
Alternative & Indie - Released by Bella Union on Sep 28, 2022
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo -
Sink Way Into Me
Alternative & Indie - Released by Bella Union on Oct 30, 2015
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
-
-
You Are Good And I Love You
Alternative & Indie - Released by Bella Union on Nov 16, 2022
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo -
Wood
Alternative & Indie - Released by Bella Union on Apr 26, 2018
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Prepare the Lake
Alternative & Indie - Released by Bella Union on Jan 10, 2017
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
-
-
Fire
Alternative & Indie - Released by Bella Union on Sep 28, 2015
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Deer Eyes
Alternative & Indie - Released by Bella Union on Aug 22, 2016
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
-
FINA (feat. La dosis)
Reggaeton - Released by 4869678 Records DK on Feb 18, 2024
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
-
Ton Ton
Reggaeton - Released by 4869678 Records DK on Mar 17, 2024
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -