Double Negative (album)

Double Negative is the twelfth studio album by Low, released on September 14, 2018. It is the last album to feature bass guitarist Steve Garrington, who would go on to leave the band in 2020.

Critical reception
On Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, Double Negative has an average score of 86 based on 21 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". Writing in Pitchfork's list of the best albums of 2018, Marc Hogan said that "static prevails and flickering tones are almost untraceable to the instruments that made them," and that this sound "captured [2018's] pervasive dread like nothing else."

Personnel

 * Low
 * Steve Garrington – bass guitar
 * Mimi Parker – vocals, percussion
 * Alan Sparhawk – guitar, vocals


 * Additional musicians
 * Maaika van der Linde – bass flute on "Always Up"


 * Technical
 * Brett Bullion – assistant engineering
 * B. J. Burton – recording, mixing, mastering
 * Zach Hanson – assistant engineering


 * Artwork
 * David Kramer – editing assistance, design
 * Peter Liversidge – artwork, photos