Lowfive emerged in 2018 from Boulder college roommates and Colorado natives Chip Bollendonk (vocals, guitar, lyrics ) and Burke Larsen (drums), after years of respectfully quiet apartment living. Joined by grad school classmates Claire Benjamin (keys, vocals / Nashville) and Benjamin Mow (lead guitar / Seattle), Lowfive started as a casual musician’s circle playing songs by the Decemberists, Lumineers, and Tom Petty. Song by song, and gig after brewery gig, the Lowfive crew carved out their own sound and songwriting style, including adding bassist Ben Gaubert (Paris) in 2020. Lowfive songs and performances can be counted on to include lyricism drawing on authentic lived experiences of love, loss, and living in beautiful Colorado; angelic 2-3-4 part harmonies; thoughtful and technical guitar licks; and maybe most of all, a sense of community between you and the band. 

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Lowfive put out their self-titled debut studio EP in 2023, recorded in Denver at The Keep with engineering, mixing, and mastering by Nick Sullivan. These six songs cover the sonic spectrum that Lowfive has come to embrace: acoustic guitar-driven folk (“All Good Things”), evocations of classic rock favorites (“Rained Out”), vivid lyrical imagery (“Dreams”), and emotional stories of love and loss (“Be Here”). You can also find the band’s earliest demo EP Moving On floating around the online streaming servers, which still provides listening enjoyment with a fair dose of basement ambiance.

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What’s next? The band has a pile of new songs ready for 2025 and is working on booking shows around Colorado. This is modern Americana music at its best and freshest – we hope to share it with you soon!