{{short description|2024 tribute album to Low}} {{Infobox album | name = Your Voice Is Not Enough | type = compilation | artist = Various Artists | cover = Your Voice Is Not Enough cover.png | alt = | released = 24 May 2024 | genre = [[Slowcore]] | length = 42:37 | label = [[The Flenser]] | producer = | misc = {{Singles | name = Your Voice Is Not Enough | type = compilation | single1 = Words | single1date = 19 December 2023 | single2 = Murderer | single2date = 24 December 2023 | single3 = Hey Chicago | single3date = 13 March 2024 | single4 = When I Go Deaf | single4date = 24 April 2024 }} }}
'''''Your Voice Is Not Enough''''' is a [[tribute album]] featuring covers of songs by [[Low (band)|Low]] in dedication to [[Low (band)#Personal lives|Mimi Parker]]. The album was announced in December 2023 without a release date. The collection contains contributions from artists such as [[Planning for Burial]], [[Have a Nice Life]], and [[Madeline Johnston|Midwife]] among other bands, and was collated and released by the record label [[The Flenser]].
==Background== Mimi Jo Parker was born in 1967 near [[Bemidji]], Minnesota. In primary school, Parker met [[Alan Sparhawk]], who she would later marry and have two children with. The two would form [[Low (band)|Low]] in 1993, alongside bassist John Nichols. Low would help pioneer a genre of [[indie rock]] music that came to be known as "[[slowcore]]", and in so doing, garnered a significant reputation in the underground music scene. Low released music until their final album, ''[[Hey What]]'', in 2021. Throughout their career, they released 13 albums.<ref name="Guardian obit">{{Cite news |last=Bugel |first=Safi |date=2022-11-06 |title=Low drummer and vocalist Mimi Parker dies aged 55 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/nov/06/low-drummer-and-vocalist-mimi-parker-has-died |access-date=2024-05-23 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
Parker died on 7 November 2022 from [[ovarian cancer]].<ref name="Guardian obit"/> In December 2023, [[The Flenser]] announced they would be releasing a [[tribute album]] in her honour.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Flenser to Release Low Tribute Album with Midwife, Drowse, Have a Nice Life {{!}} Exclaim! |url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/the_flenser_to_release_low_tribute_album_with_midwife_drowse_have_a_nice_life |access-date=2024-05-23 |website=The Flenser to Release Low Tribute Album with Midwife, Drowse, Have a Nice Life {{!}} Exclaim! |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=staff |first=Treble |date=2023-12-19 |title=The Flenser announces Low tribute album Your Voice Is Not Enough, featuring Planning for Burial, Have a Nice Life |url=https://www.treblezine.com/the-flenser-announces-low-tribute-album-your-voice-is-not-enough-featuring-planning-for-burial-have-a-nice-life/ |access-date=2024-05-23 |website=Treble |language=en-US}}</ref> The idea had originated prior to her death, in a conversation with [[Planning for Burial]]'s Tom Wasluck and The Flenser.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Your Voice Is Not Enough: A Tribute to Low, by The Flenser |url=https://theflenser.bandcamp.com/album/your-voice-is-not-enough-a-tribute-to-low |access-date=2026-04-07 |website=The Flenser |language=en}}</ref> Allison Lorenzen released the first single, a cover of "Words" from Low's 1994 debut ''[[I Could Live in Hope]]'', on 19 December 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-12-19 |title=The Flenser Announces Low Tribute Album 'Your Voice Is Not Enough' |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2245983/allison-lorenzen-words-low-cover/music/ |access-date=2024-05-23 |website=Stereogum |language=en}}</ref> This was followed up shortly after on 24 December by Planning for Burial's cover of "Murderer", from 2007's ''[[Drums and Guns]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-12-24 |title=Planning For Burial Covers Low's "Murderer": Listen |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2246269/planning-for-burial-murderer-low-cover/music/ |access-date=2024-05-23 |website=Stereogum |language=en}}</ref> In 2024, the third and fourth singles were released. On 13 March [[Drowse]] and Lula Asplund released their cover of "Hey Chicago" from the 1997 [[extended play]] ''[[Songs for a Dead Pilot]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-03-13 |title=Drowse & Lula Asplund Cover Low's "Hey Chicago": Listen |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2255539/drowse-lula-asplund-hey-chicago-low-cover/music/ |access-date=2024-05-23 |website=Stereogum |language=en}}</ref> One month later, on 24 April, [[Have a Nice Life]]'s cover of "When I Go Deaf", from the 2005 album ''[[The Great Destroyer]]'', was released.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-04-24 |title=Have A Nice Life Release Cover Of Low's "When I Go Deaf": Listen |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2260790/have-a-nice-life-when-i-go-deaf-low-cover/music/ |access-date=2024-05-23 |website=Stereogum |language=en}}</ref>
The album was released on 24 May 2024.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/album/your-voice-is-not-enough/1745769727|title=Your Voice Is Not Enough - Apple Music|access-date=25 May 2024|website=[[Apple Music]]}}</ref>
==Track listing== {{Track listing | headline = ''Your Voice Is Not Enough'' track listing | extra_column = Performing artist | total_length = 42:37 | title1 = Weight of Water | note1 = from ''[[Secret Name (album)|Secret Name]]'', 1999 | extra1 = Cremation Lily | length1 = 4:48 | title2 = Sunflower | note2 = from ''[[Things We Lost in the Fire (album)|Things We Lost in the Fire]]'', 2001 | extra2 = Holy Water | length2 = 4:52 | title3 = Do You Know How to Waltz | note3 = from ''[[The Curtain Hits the Cast]]'', 1996 | extra3 = [[Madeline Johnston|Midwife]] and Amulets | length3 = 8:28 | title4 = Hey Chicago | note4 = from ''[[Songs for a Dead Pilot]]'', 1997 | extra4 = [[Drowse]] (feat. Lula Asplund) | length4 = 3:17 | title5 = Cut | note5 = from ''[[I Could Live in Hope]]'', 1994 | extra5 = Kathryn Mohr | length5 = 4:32 | title6 = Words | note6 = from ''I Could Live in Hope'', 1994 | extra6 = Allison Lorenzen | length6 = 4:31 | title7 = Murderer | note7 = from ''[[Drums and Guns]]'', 2007 | extra7 = [[Planning for Burial]] | length7 = 3:55 | title8 = When I Go Deaf | note8 = from ''[[The Great Destroyer]]'', 2005 | extra8 = [[Have a Nice Life]] | length8 = 8:14 }}
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