Low Share Impressionistic Video for “Poor Sucker”

Ambient dream-pop band Low have shared the video for “Poor Sucker” off their most recent album, Double Negative, out now through Sub Pop.

The video contrasts the song’s numbing waves of modulation with a sort of tactile performance art. Singer Alan Sparhawk gets a series of makeovers with face paint while he mouths the words to his own drowned, distant voice. The impressionist strokes of synth and guitar find their mirrors in the paint strokes that tear across Sparhawk’s face, giving the song’s solipsistic expanse shape and color through the canvas of face and screen.

Low will be touring for the remainder of the year. Find those dates further down.

Watch “Poor Sucker” and check out Low’s 2007 Daytrotter Session below.

Low Tour Dates:

October
05 – Milan, Italy @ Teatro Dal Verme
06 – Zurich, Switzerland @ Bogen F
08 – Leipzig, Germany @ UT Connewitz
09 – Berlin, Germany @ Festsaal Kreuzberg
10 – Bochum, Germany @ Christuskirche Bochum
11 – Brussels, Belgium @ Orangerie (at Botanique)
12 – Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Paradiso
13 – Paris, France @ La Gaite Lyrique
15 – Bristol, U.K. @ Trinity
16 – Manchester, U.K. @ Manchester Cathedral
17 – Dublin, Ireland @ Vicar Street

November
02 – St. Paul, Minn. @ The Fitz
05 – Detroit, Mich. @ El Club
06 – Toronto, Ont. @ Great Hall
08 – Montreal, Que. @ La Sala Rosa
09 – Boston, Mass. @ Brighton Music Hall
10 – Philadelphia, Pa. @ Underground Arts
12 – Washington, D.C. @ U Street Music Hall
13 – Pittsburgh, Pa. @ The Funhouse
14 – Cleveland, Ohio @ Grog Shop
15 – Grand Rapids, Mich. @ Pyramid Scheme
16 – Chicago, Ill. @ Rockefeller Chapel
17 – Madison, Wis. @ High Noon Saloon

January
29 – Glasgow, U.K. @ Tramway
30 – Birmingham, U.K. @ Birmingham Town Hall
31 – Brighton, U.K. @ St. George’s Church Brighton

February
01 – London, U.K. @ Barbican
02 – Kortrijk, Belgium @ De Kreun
04 – Groningen, Netherlands @ Vera
05 – Erlangen, Germany @ E-Werk (Erlangen)
06 – Cologne, Germany @ Kulturkirche Köln
07 – Frankfurt, Germany @ Sankt Peter
08 – Hamburg, Germany @ Uebel & Gefährlich
09 – Aarhus, Denmark @ Voxhall
11 – København, Denmark @ The Koncerthuset – Studie 2
12 – Gothenburg, Sweden @ Pustervik
13 – Oslo, Norway @ Parkteatret
14 – Stockholm, Sweden @ Kagelbanan (Small Room)

March
08 – Denver, Colo. @ Globe Hall
09 – Santa Fe, N.M. @ Meow Wolf
11 – Phoenix, Ariz. @ Valley Bar
12 – Tustin, Calif. @ Marty’s On Newport
13 – Tijuana, Mexico @ Moustache
15 – Los Angeles, Calif. @ Lodge Room
16 – San Francisco, Calif. @ Great American Music Hall
18 – Portland, Ore. @ Star Theater
19 – Vancouver, B.C. @ Imperial
20 – Seattle, Wash. @ Neumos
23 – Provo, Utah @ Velour Live Music Gallery