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C'mon is the shortest title of any Low album, which seems fitting, as it also ranks among the most succinct and straightforward entries in their variegated discography.
Singer-guitarist Alan Sparhawk has even perfected the "elevator pitch" for C'mon: "Recorded in an old church in Duluth, MN and mixed in an apartment in Hollywood, CA." But that brief synopsis hides universes. To get to the heart of this album, we must delve deeper into both halves of the creative journey of C'mon.
The ten-song set was recorded in a former Catholic church, aka Sacred Heart Studio. Sparhawk says Low deliberately seeks out circumstances that will generate challenges and happy accidents, breaking them out of established patterns.
"We like to work in situations where there's a character, whether that's the time period or who we're working with. A lot of times, the space can set that tone."
The trio was also eager to return to a sound closer to how they perform live. With its jangly guitars and sweet vocal harmonies, opener 'Try to Sleep' not only betrays his affinity for the Byrds and ‘80s Paisley Underground, but sets the album's tone: warmer, fuller, and more introspective. C'mon feels like a plea for humanity, decency, and common sense in a world gone mad. Sparhawk concurs with that sentiment. "With the last couple of records, we were grappling with something outside of ourselves. This one feels more like, 'Well, forget all that. I'm looking in your eyes right now, and we need to figure out how to get through the next moment, together, as human beings.'"
The band's public profile has risen, too, thanks to Robert Plant covering two songs from their 2005 full-length The Great Destroyer on his 2010 solo album Band of Joy, and garnering a Grammy nomination for Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance for his interpretation of Low's 'Silver Rider'.
Plant has praised the band in periodicals from MOJO to Rolling Stone (RP in RS: “I’m not sure if the album would have worked without them”) but Sparhawk was simply flattered by their inclusion, which he didn't learn of until after the Led Zeppelin front man's disc was completed. "Having one of the best singers in the world sing your songs is okay by me," he demurs.
