The Curtain Hits the Cast

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The Curtain Hits the Cast
The Curtain Hits the Cast cover
Studio album by Low
Released 1996
Recorded Jan - Feb 1996
Genre Indie rock, Slowcore, Dream pop
Length 60:05
Label Vernon Yard Recordings
Producer(s) Steve Fisk
Professional reviews
Low chronology
Long Division
(1995)		 The Curtain Hits the Cast
(1996)		 Secret Name
(1999)


The Curtain Hits the Cast was the third full-length album of Duluth, Minnesota slowcore band Low, released in 1996. It was recorded at Jon & Stu's, in Seattle. The cover photo wryly shows almost the entirety of Mimi Parker's minimalist drum kit.

"Lust" was was released as part a four-way split 7" (on clear green vinyl) entitled Indie Rock Flea Market, at around the same time. "Dark" is a brief bedtime lullaby. "The Plan" has no relation to the Built To Spill song of the same name.

The lyric "One more reason to forget," from "Do You Know How To Waltz?", was later used as a title for one of the band's live albums. A late-'90s live version of that song, performed with then-tourmates Godspeed You! Black Emperor, has been frequently traded online for years by fans of the two bands.

Following this album, the band's major-label-funded tenure ended and they moved to Kranky Records.

[edit] Track listing

(All songs written and arranged by Low.)

  1. "Anon" – 4:18
  2. "The Plan" – 3:40
  3. "Over The Ocean" – 3:47
  4. "Mom Says" – 5:19
  5. "Coattails" – 6:51
  6. "Standby" – 5:09
  7. "Laugh" – 9:34
  8. "Lust – 4:04
  9. "Stars Gone Out" – 4:26
  10. "Prisoner" * – 3:46
  11. "Tomorrow One" * – 3:49
  12. "Same" – 2:05
  13. "Do You Know How To Waltz?" – 14:37
  14. "Dark" – 0:53

(* - available on LP version only)

[edit] Personnel

  • Alan Sparhawk - guitars, vocals, keyboards
  • Mimi Parker - percussion, vocals
  • Zak Sally - bass guitar, keyboards

[edit] Guest musicians

v • d • e
Low
Alan Sparhawk | Mimi Parker | Matt Livingston |
Former members: John Nichols | Zak Sally
Studio albums: I Could Live in Hope | Long Division | The Curtain Hits the Cast | Songs for a Dead Pilot | Secret Name | Christmas | The Exit Papers | Things We Lost in the Fire | Trust | The Great Destroyer | Drums and Guns
Extended plays: Transmission (EP) | Bombscare (EP) | In the Fishtank
Live Albums: One More Reason to Forget | Paris '99: Anthony, Are You Around?
Compilations: A Lifetime of Temporary Relief: 10 Years of B-Sides and Rarities
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