Double Negative is the twelfth studio album by Low, released on September 14, 2018. It is the last album to feature bass guitarist Steve Garrington, who would go on to leave the band in 2020.

Critical reception

On Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, Double Negative has an average score of 86 based on 21 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". Writing in Pitchforks list of the best albums of 2018, Marc Hogan said that "static prevails and flickering tones are almost untraceable to the instruments that made them," and that this sound "captured [2018's] pervasive dread like nothing else."

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Accolades

Track listing

Personnel

Low

Steve Garrington – bass guitar

Mimi Parker – vocals, percussion

Alan Sparhawk – guitar, vocals

Additional musicians

Maaika van der Linde – bass flute on "Always Up"

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Technical

Brett Bullion – assistant engineering

B. J. Burton – recording, mixing, mastering

Zach Hanson – assistant engineering

Artwork

David Kramer – editing assistance, design

Peter Liversidge – artwork, photos

Charts

References

2018 albums

Low (band) albums

Sub Pop albums

Albums produced by BJ Burton

Ambient albums by American artists

Noise rock albums by American artists

Electronic albums by American artists

Experimental rock albums by American artists

Post-rock albums by American artists

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