Low Level Owl, Vol. 1

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Low Level Owl Volume I
Studio album by The Appleseed Cast
Released	August 21, 2001
Genre	Alternative/Indie rock
Length	53:08 minutes
Label	Deep Elm
Producer	Ed Rose, The Appleseed Cast
Professional reviews
Pitchfork 9.0/10 link
The Appleseed Cast chronology
Mare Vitalis (2000) Low Level Owl, Vol. 1 (2001) Low Level Owl, Vol. 2 (2001)

Low Level Owl Volume I is the third full-length album release from Lawrence, Kansas based band the Appleseed Cast. The album was a complete departure from the heavy, distorted guitar-driven emo rock of their debut, The End of the Ring Wars and a natural, if still startling, progression from the layered, atmospheric, but still song-based follow-up Mare Vitalis. Low Level Owl Volume I saw the band craft a seamless, flowing suite of post-rock influenced songs hinging on simple, repeated arpeggiated guitar riffs, swathes of keyboards and found sounds and the inventive drumming of Josh "Cobra" Baruth, with Chris Crisci's vocals buried in the mix.

Fusing the songs together were ambient passages and atmospheric instrumentals. The album was greeted mostly with very enthusiastic reviews, although some were put off by the intentionally repetitive nature of some of the tracks and by the connective ambient passages.

[edit] Track listing

1. "The Waking of Pertelotte" – 2:02
2. "On Reflection" – 6:26
3. "Blind Man's Arrow" – 3:38
4. "Flowers Falling from Dying Hands" – 3:28
5. "Messenger" – 0:46
6. "Doors Lead to Questions" – 2:53
7. "Steps and Numbers" – 5:54
8. "Sentence" – 2:57
9. "Bird of Paradise" – 2:24
10. "Mile Marker" – 4:02
11. "Convict" – 6:02
12. "A Tree for Trials" – 1:28
13. "Signal" – 3:11
14. "View of a Burning City" – 7:52

[edit] External links

• Low Level Owl Volume I at Deep Elm Records