Low
Tide is the nom-de-side-project
of Honey
White bassist
Keir DuBois, who is often
aided and abetted by his
erstwhile bandmates. Low
Tide first released the
"Dive"
E.P. in 1999,
while Keir was playing
bass for the Mojo
Wire, and
after nearly a decade
in mothballs, the "band"
has been resurrected to
once again serve Keir's
egomaniacal needs.
"The Weapon Of Young
Gods," released in
March 2008, is the soundtrack
album to Keir's short
fiction novel of the same
name, published
serially on the web in
2008, but you don't need
to know the story to enjoy
its soundtrack. The same
echo-bass guitar that
has fueled Honey White's
"The Lightning Rod"
now also powers an album's
worth of instrumental,
ambient post-rock, but
Keir also got crucial
help from Honey White
skinsman Bill Fedderson
and HW guitarist/abstract
sonic genius Brian Wolff.
Some points of reference
include Lanois/Eno, Tortoise,
the Mermen, Explosions
in the Sky, Neil Young's
"Dead Man" soundtrack,
and Nathan Johnson's "Brick"
soundtrack. Visit the
My
Band Rocks blog
to get some more background,
preview a few tracks on
the player below, or listen/buy
the album from CD
Baby or iTunes.