It must have been critically difficult for the guys in New Order. Their friend and the band leader had killed himself. They needed to find themselves a new language, new visions. they did so. The sound of New Order was sometimes rather austere. But that was a strength as well as a limitation.
Low-Life has a picture of the drummer on the front cover . A picture of the other members of the band elsewhere. Cool black and white. Art. The lyrics are awkward. The vocals uncertain. But there are some great tunes here. Some great spirit. Like a troop of ragged soldiers, regrouping about the banner around their fallen captain's body,
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