Low’s Alan Sparhawk Announces New Album With Trampled By Turtles

Low’s Alan Sparhawk will release his sophomore solo album, With Trampled By Turtles, on May 30 through Sub Pop. As the title suggests, Sparhawk is backed by Trampled by Turtles on the collaborative record featuring the lead single, “Stranger.”

Sparhawk and TBT share common roots in Minnesota and recorded their collaborative album in winter 2024 during a single, unrehearsed session at Pachyderm Studios in Cannon Falls, Minnesota. The album follows Sparhawk’s debut solo album, White Roses, My God, which he issued last year through Sub Pop Records. The nine-track With Trampled By Turtles was produced by Nat Harvie, who produced White Roses, My God.

The album was Sparkhawk’s first after the death of Mimi Parker, his wife and Low bandmate who died in 2022 after years of cancer treatment. Sparhawk’s daughter Hollis Sparhawk sings on the song “Not Broken.”

Both Low and Trampled By Turtles originated in Duluth, Minnesota. Sparhawk has joined TBT several times onstage in recent years and, according to the album announcement, frequently discussed recording together.

“When the opportunity seems right, you jump,” Sparhawk said. “I like seeing artists in a situation where they can be quickened. You really see their gifts.”

“Nothing is real until everybody is in the room,” Trampled by Turtles frontman Dave Simonett added. “I can practice the songs myself as much as I want, but it’s almost like starting over when everybody’s there.”

Sparhawk will tour the United States, Canada and Europe throughout the coming months. Watch the video for the With Trampled By Turtles single, “Stranger,” below:

With Trampled By Turtles Tracklist

1. Stranger
2. Too High
3. Heaven
4. Not Broken
5. Screaming Song
6. Get Still
7. Princess Road Surgery
8. Don’t Take Your Light
9. Torn & in Ashes