Very interesting come-back by Scott Sturgis: while the Lowness project dates back to the last days of Converter, the then post-illbient, bassy electronic tracks that were bearing this new moniker have been transformed into something more psychedelic and laid back. It's still very exxagerated to say that Lowness is doing krautrock, and even though Sturgis cites Neu! or Amon Duul as influence, "Undertow" stays a resolutely industrial affair, with the syncopated heavyness so typical of this musician's output and rigor which reminds more of distorted bunkers than of spaced-out communes. And still, a quite uncommon move for a pleasant album.