YOU MAY NEED A MURDERER – A film by David Klejwegt (2008)
Low are something of an Indie rock institution having continued to produce their slow, introspective yet powerful music for the best part of two decades now.
The core of the Minnesota-based band are husband and wife Alan Sparhawk and Mimi Parker, both of whom are devout Mormons although I doubt that you’d guess this from listening to their records.
I suppose their songs could be said to have a certain spiritual quality although not in a ‘praise the Lord’ way. This documentary made by a Dutch filmmaker takes its name from the chilling track Murderer on the band’s 2007 album Drums And Guns which is a song that suggests a pact with the devil rather than cozying up to Christ.
The film follows the couple in their small ,and boring looking, community in Minnesota and travelling on the road. It presents them as strongly committed to the Church of Latter Day Saints, devoted to their family (they have two young kids) and passionate about their music. Continue reading
