LOW ROAR
Born in the Bay Area to a mother of Mexican descent and a Lithuanian father, Low Roar frontman, Ryan Karazija, spent his formative years playing in bands around Northern California before hopping a plane to Iceland where he relocated in 2010. That same year, he recorded Low Roar’s self-titled debut in his Reykjavik kitchen. Quietly building buzz, he cut the critically acclaimed follow-up, 0, in a converted garage during 2014 before going on to grace the stages of Eurosonic, Airwaves France, The Great Escape, ATP, Lowlands, Iceland Airwaves, and beyond.
Along the way, iconic Japanese video game creator Hideo Kojima [Metal Gear] heard Low Roar’s 0 playing while visiting a record store in Reykjavik. Smitten with the sounds, the video game legend requested a personal meeting with Ryan in Los Angeles as Low Roar’s “I’ll Keep Coming” and “Easy Way Out” soundtracked the two high-profile 2016 trailers for Kojima’s Death Stranding video game starring Norman Reedus, Mads Mikkelsen, and director Guillermo del Toro.
Between everything, Ryan spent most of 2016 by himself—traveling everywhere from Iceland, Sweden, and Poland to the Bay Area and Mexico before settling permanently in Warsaw. During this time, he entered a London studio with longtime collaborator Mike Lindsay [Tunng] to begin work on what would become his third full-length record, Once In A Long Long While. Recording wrapped in Wales a few months later with a final three-day session in the studio of producer/mixer Andrew Scheps [Red Hot Chili Peppers, Adele, Hozier].
“This was the first time that Mike, Andrew, and myself had worked and recorded in the same room together. When the record was done, we turned the lights off, put the Christmas lights on, listened, and each had a bourbon. It was pretty emotional.”
Once In A Long, Long While is now out via Nevado Music (US + EUR) & Pedro y El Lobo Records (Mexico + S. Am).
PRESS
N. Am: Grandstand PR | lisag@grandstandhq.com
Mexico: Malfi Co. | malfi@malfi.co
France: Boogie Drugstore | justine@boogiedrugstore.net
UK: Mystic Sons | james@mysticsons.com
TV/FILM LICENSING
Publishing (WW): Kobalt Music Publishing
Master (WW): Ghost Town | chris@ghost-town.com
BOOKING
N & S Am: Erik Selz | eselz@paradigmagency.com
Europe: Claire Courtney | clairecourtney@earth-agency.com
LABEL
N Am. + Europe: Nevado Records | nick@nevadomusic.com
Mexico & S Am: Pedro y El Lobo | diegomorales@pedroyellobo.com
Poland: No Paper | lukasz@automatik.pl
Japan: p-vine
Scandinavia: Playground Music
Ireland: Faction Records
"... lovely & melancholy" -- Stereogum
"Warming electronics that flow gently over you..." -- Clash
"It's a red-eyed ballad, with distant scrapes of electronica and warm, soothing pop - everything sounds as if underwater, trapped in a personal bubble, with only whispered vocals and stabbing, heartbeat percussion clambering into focus. Sounds fade out as suddenly as they phase in until the closing seconds, when a deafining crescendo threatens to peak." -- Line of Best Fit
"This stunning collection of 13 songs, such as the irresistibly lush "I'm Leaving" or the seductive "Vampire on the Fridge," are masterpieces in subtle evocative power. These are tracks that build, slowly gaining momentum with lilting melodies and waves of percussion, all topped off with Karazija's mellow croon." -- Nylon Magazine
"Cinematic, ethereal, chilly and amazing." -- Indie Shuffle
"Wonderfully evocative music [...] features sparkling production and mesmerizing vocals about changing for the better." -- Pigeons and Planes
"Each note and texture has been perfectly placed, and in those areas where [Ryan has] let the song run its own course, the broad strokes of sound, and the rough-hewn production work cooperate in perfect harmony to create an atmosphere of quiet power that is hard to deny." -- Hilly Dilly
"Beautiful and epic." -- The Line of Best Fit