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| The Low Anthem | |
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Providence, Rhode Island, United States |
| Genres | Indie folk, Experimental, Alternative |
| Years active | 2006–present |
| Labels |
Nonesuch(US) Bella Union (UK,Europe) Concord Records |
| Associated acts |
The Barr Brothers Iron and Wine Lucinda Williams |
| Website | www |
| Members | Ben Knox Miller Jeff Prystowsky Florence Grace Wallis Bryan Minto |
| Past members | Dan Lefkowitz Cyrus Scofield Jocie Adams Mat Davidson Tyler Osborne Mike Irwin Andy Davis |
The Low Anthem is a band from Providence, Rhode Island, USA formed in 2006 by best friends on the baseball diamond, Ben Knox Miller and Jeff Prystowsky. The current lineup consists of Ben Knox Miller (vocals, guitars, trumpets, saws), Jeff Prystowsky (vocals, drums, double basses, synths), Bryan Minto (vocals, guitars, harmonicas) and Florence Grace Wallis (violins, vocals).
Founded by multi-instrumentalists Ben Knox Miller and Jeff Prystowsky in 2006, The Low Anthem have written, produced, and recorded four full-length studio concept albums: What The Crow Brings (2007), Oh My God, Charlie Darwin (2008), Smart Flesh (2011), and Eyeland (2016).
Known for a personal, crafted, abstract sound, a handmade aesthetic, and love for non-traditional musical instruments and arrangements, The Low Anthem were the recipients of Mojo Magazine's Breakthrough Artist of the Year Award in 2010, toured extensively throughout the US, UK, and Europe, and helped reopen the Columbus Theatre in Providence, RI, an 800 seat / 200 seat historic duplex venue, where they write, produce, mix, and record their songs at Eyeland Recording Studio, their own recording studio built into the vaudeville-era opera house.
Founders of The Low Anthem, Ben Knox Miller and Jeffrey Prystowsky, met as DJs on an overnight jazz show on college radio, WBRU. They became friends and teammates for a local wood-bat baseball team called the Providence Grays, that Prystowsky was player-managing, while teaching baseball history at a local high school. Miller and Prystowsky played in various ensembles together ranging from classical and jazz to electronica, and the Low Anthem was formed in 2006. In the fall of 2006, Dan Lefkowitz, a bluesman from Strasburg, Virginia, joined the band and contributed to the development of the early sound by writing "This God Damn House". Early in 2007, Lefkowitz left the band to pursue simple living in a yurt in Arkansas. Ever since, the band continues to play the song in their live set, ending the arrangement with the cell phone trick, where feedback loops create an haunting reverb that the whole audience participates in. The band became a trio again in late 2007 with the addition of classical composer and clarinetist Jocie Adams, then, a fellow student, who joined the band after a late-night recording session for the band's album What The Crow Brings. She appears on vocals and clarinet on the album's closing track, "Coal Mountain Lullaby".
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