Grouper

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A one-woman ambient project from Portland, OR, Grouper -- aka Liz Harris -- first appeared with the self-released full-length CD-R Grouper in 2005. Later that year, and then signed to Free Porcupine, Grouper released the critically acclaimed Way Their Crept. From there, a series of recordings were made available, including a 3" CD entitled He Knows in 2006 and the 12" Weird Forest release Wide in 2007. In the meantime, Harris earned extra props from the genre as a whole with her 2006 collaboration album with Xiu Xiu entitled Creepshow. In addit...[more]

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Grouper

Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill (2008)

Insound Staff Pick - 2008! This is the third full-length release for Portland, Oregon-based Liz Harris. Harris might have achieved a significant fan base thanks to the whispering, near-ambient vocal crusades of her debut album Way Their Crept and its follow-up Wide, but those with a careful ear would have heard slightly more trapped beneath her fuzzy chain of effects. Dragging A Dead Deer Up A Hill marks a departure of sorts for Liz, which sees her turn down the fuzz boxes which [ read more ]

CD $15.99

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Cover the Windows and the Walls (2009)

Proper CD reissue of this LP originally released in 2007. Cover The Windows And The Walls was the first vinyl only release by Portland, OR. resident Liz Harris under her Grouper moniker. In hindsight this disc can be seen as the first shift in Grouper's sound towards the more in-focus songs presented on Dragging A Dead Dear Up A Hill and away from the analog crunch found on the earlier entries of her discography. A perfect entry into her world of downer reverb and endless delay. Songs buried d [ read more ]

CD $14.99

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Way Their Crept (2009)

"'Vicky Sleeps with Dead People' Part 8: Vicky sleeps out in the woods with dead people but she always combs her hair in the morning. Her parents don't understand her. And she doesn't understand them. They try. She tries. The dead people try. They will all work it out someday."Portland's Grouper is going from strength to strength on the British based label Type. After the massive success of last year's Dragging a Dead Dear Up a Hill which topped many people's end of '08 lists. Type has now [ read more ]

MP3 $9.99

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