Exclusive Listen: The Low Anthem's New Song, 'Ghost Woman Blues'

Here's an exclusive track by folk-rockers The Low Anthem,"Ghost Woman Blues," off their forthcoming album Smart Flesh. The album will be released by Nonesuch Records on February 22.

The group's upcoming tour dates include a date with Emmylou Harris (with whom they just completed a tour) at Nashville's Grand Ole Opry on December 11 and one with Iron & Wine in Los Angeles on January 26:

12/4 Atlanta, GA @ Variety Theatre
12/5 Birmingham, AL @ The Bottletree
12/7 Nashville, TN @ Mercy Lounge
12/8 Knoxville, TN @ Bijou Theatre
12/9 Asheville, NC @ Orange Peel
12/10 Charlotte, NC @ Neighborhood Theatre
12/11 Nashville, TN @ Grand Ole Opry at The Ryman
1/8 Peace Dale, RI @ Lily Pads
1/13 New York, NY @ American Songbook at Lincoln Center
1/26 Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern
2/24 Washington, DC @ Sixth & I Historic Synogogue
2/25 Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church
2/26 Pittsburgh, PA @ Brillobox
2/27 Charleston, WV @ Mountain Stage
2/28 Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall
3/2 Toronto, ON @ Great Hall
3/3 Montreal, QC @ Sala Rosa
3/4 Boston, MA @ Old South Church
3/5 North Adams, MA @ Mass MoCA
3/7 Portland, ME @ Space Gallery

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Song Stories

“Youth Knows No Pain”

Lykke Li | 2011

“Like on 'Youth Knows No Pain' — we are the ones that should demonstrate, because we can take it,” Likke Li said. “We can pierce ourselves, take Ecstasy, dance all night and still go to work at our McDonald's jobs.” Despite the hedonistic sentiment in the song, the Swedish singer also admitted in hindsight her youth had repercussions. “I remember when I was 18-19 and feeling that I know it all,” Li said. “I always feel that I know it all. But that song is about realizing you don’t, and reflecting, ‘Boy, if I only knew what would follow.’”

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