In the period following the 2022 death of his longtime creative and matrimonial partner Mimi Parker, Low founder Alan Sparhawk sought comfort in the company of friends, as many of us do in times of unimaginable loss. In his case, those friends were fellow Duluth musicians and chart-topping bluegrass crew Trampled By Turtles, who invited Sparhawk to ride shotgun on their 2023 tour and join them onstage whenever the mood struck. That act of kindness spawned Sparhawk’s second post-Low release, whose earthy Americana arrangements and naked vocal performances contrast sharply with the electronic experimentation and vocoderized mutations of 2024’s White Roses, My God. Yet the two records are united through a yin-yang relationship: If its predecessor captured Sparhawk working his way through the fog and confusion of grief, With Trampled by Turtles sees him ready to face the world and open his heart without obfuscation. The two albums even share two songs—“Get Still” and “Heaven”—that are liberated from their DIY digital dimensions and reborn as cathartic choral hymns. The appearance of Sparhawk and Parker’s daughter Hollis on the wistful chorus of “Not Broken” is especially moving, as it highlights both the absence at the core of the record and the optimistic life-goes-on spirit that radiates from it. But even that poignant performance won’t prepare you for the emotional wallop delivered by the Dylan-esque hymn “Screaming Song,” where Sparhawk’s most pointed expressions of sorrow are washed away by a rising tide of humming harmonies and screeching violins.