Alan Sparhawk / Trampled by Turtles: Alan Sparhawk With Trampled by Turtles

Alan Sparhawk / Trampled by Turtles: Alan Sparhawk With Trampled by Turtles

On his second album since Mimi Parker’s death, the former Low singer steps away from electronic abstraction and into the steadfast support of an empathetic bluegrass band.

Alan Sparhawk: With Trampled by Turtles - Spectrum Culture

It’s not broken, I’m not angry. The lyrics – culled from “Not Broken,” the fourth track on With Trampled by Turtles, a wondrous “solo” effort from Low’s Alan Sparhawk and the Duluth-based bluegrass six-piece Trampled by Turtles – are repeated with near-meditative repetition like a mantra, like something being softly spoken and spoken and spoken again to mend a broken heart and salve an open wound. And it’s important to note: Sparhawk, though his…