Disappears are always up for a challenge, whether it's honing their garage-meets-shoegaze-meets-Krautrock into ferocious minimalism on albums like Irreal, or covering David Bowie's groundbreaking electronic album Low with nary a synth to be heard.
Commissioned by the Museum of Contemporary Art of Chicago to commemorate the opening of the traveling David Bowie Is..
exhibition, Low: Live in Chicago grows more compelling as it unfolds.
While the band sounds more than competent on blazing renditions of "Breaking Glass" and "What in the World, more experimental tracks such as "A New Career in a New Town" and "Warszawa" allow Disappears more room to put their own stamp on the music.
Not surprisingly, preparing for this performance also influenced Irreal's stark soundscapes, and it's not hard to connect the dots between that album and highlights like "Weeping Wall." Equally playful and cathartic, Low: Live in Chicago balances homage and reinvention in just the right amounts.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Speed of Life | Disappears | Play | 03:01 | 6 MB | 15 MB |
| 2 | Breaking Glass | Disappears | Play | 02:42 | 6 MB | 13 MB |
| 3 | What in the World | Disappears | Play | 03:04 | 7 MB | 18 MB |
| 4 | Sound and Vision | Disappears | Play | 03:45 | 8 MB | 21 MB |
| 5 | Always Crashing in the Same Car | Disappears | Play | 04:06 | 9 MB | 21 MB |
| 6 | Be My Wife | Disappears | Play | 03:02 | 6 MB | 19 MB |
| 7 | A New Career in a New Town | Disappears | Play | 05:27 | 12 MB | 31 MB |
| 8 | Warszawa | Disappears | Play | 06:44 | 15 MB | 33 MB |
| 9 | Art Decade | Disappears | Play | 03:34 | 8 MB | 18 MB |
| 10 | Weeping Wall | Disappears | Play | 07:45 | 17 MB | 37 MB |
| 11 | Subteranneans | Disappears | Play | 04:11 | 9 MB | 12 MB |
| 47 mins | 108 MB | |||||
| 47 mins | 244 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Disappears | Primary Artist |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |