Drums and Guns

Drums and Guns
Studio album by Low
Released	20 March 2007
Recorded	2006
Genre	Slowcore, electronic, experimental
Length	41:22
Label	Sub Pop
Producer	Dave Fridmann
Low chronology
The Great Destroyer (2005) Drums and Guns (2007) C'mon (2011)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	81/100 [1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
The A.V. Club	A– [3]
Mojo	[4]
NME	7/10 [5]
Pitchfork	8.1/10 [6]
PopMatters	8/10 [7]
Q	[8]
Stylus	A– [9]
Tiny Mix Tapes	[10]
Uncut	[11]

Drums and Guns is the eighth studio album by indie rock band Low. It is the second album they recorded with producer Dave Fridmann ( The Great Destroyer ). The album was partially inspired by the war in Iraq. ^[2] It was released on March 20, 2007, on Sub Pop records.

Musician Steve Adey covered "Murderer" on his 2017 LP Do Me a Kindness.

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Pretty People"	3:01
2.	"Belarus"	3:17
3.	"Breaker"	2:53
4.	"Dragonfly"	3:44
5.	"Sandinista"	2:22
6.	"Always Fade"	3:57
7.	"Dust on the Window"	4:12
8.	"Hatchet"	2:18
9.	"Your Poison"	1:13
10.	"Take Your Time"	4:18
11.	"In Silence"	2:46
12.	"Murderer"	3:43
13.	"Violent Past"	3:38

Charts

Charts (2007)	Peak position
Belgium (Flanders) (Ultratop 50) [12]	60
Ireland (IRMA) [13]	54
Italy (FIMI) [14]	68
United States Billboard 200 [15]	196
Billboard Top Heatseekers [15]	8
Billboard Top Independent Albums [15]	26

References

1. "Drums And Guns by Low". Metacritic . Retrieved March 10, 2019.
2. "AllMusic review". AllMusic .
3. Bahn, Christopher (March 20, 2007). "Low: Drums And Guns". The A.V. Club . Retrieved May 4, 2025.
4. A record that sounds like absolutely no one else on the planet. [May 2007, p.102]
5. "NME Review". NME . April 4, 2007.
6. "Pitchfork Review". Archived from the original on March 23, 2007.
7. ^[ dead link ]
8. A purely musical delight. [May 2007, p.126]
9. Mathers, Ian (March 21, 2007). "Low - Drums and Guns". Stylus Magazine . Retrieved May 4, 2025.
10. Gliddon, Chris. "Low - Drums and Guns". Tiny Mix Tapes . Retrieved May 4, 2025.
11. They may have defined a genre, but Low can clearly still move forward. [May 2007, p.99]
12. "Belgium: Top 100 Albums, Week Ending April 7, 2007". Ultratop.be. Retrieved August 25, 2011.
13. "Ireland: Top 75 Albums, Week Ending April 12, 2007". GfK. Archived from the original on May 24, 2012. Retrieved August 25, 2011.
14. "Italy: Top 100 Albums, Week Ending March 20, 2007". Acharts.us. Retrieved August 25, 2011.
15. "Drums & Guns Charts & Awards". AllMusic . Retrieved August 25, 2011.

External links

• "Song of the Day: An Air of Portent That Borders on Menace", by Stephen Thompson, from NPR.org, April 2, 2007 (features "Belarus")