Warms the heart that you're enjoying it so much, KM!
― Le Bateau Ivre, Monday, 30 December 2019 15:15 (four years ago) link
For whatever reason, I took against The Man Who Died in His Boat and it turns out - yet more evidence that I don't know shit about anything - that it's fabulous. STS and Living Room as the final 1-2 are Harris in excelsis.
That is my banal 'I've been listening to Grouper today' story.
― Ngolo Cantwell (Chinaski), Wednesday, 26 February 2020 16:26 (four years ago) link
i splurged on the split with inca ore on discogs a few days ago - it just came in. man, "poison tree" is soooo good
― But guess what? Nobody gives a toot!😂 (Karl Malone), Saturday, 7 March 2020 00:01 (four years ago) link
yeah that's a good one, and the Inca Ore side is good as well iirc
― sleeve, Saturday, 7 March 2020 00:02 (four years ago) link
oh man, I found that one completely randomly at honest johns in London a few years ago, one of the best record store kismet experiences I've ever had. such a great split and yeah "poison tree" is one of her best.
― flappy bird, Saturday, 7 March 2020 03:49 (four years ago) link
new track
https://clatsopanimalassistance.bandcamp.com/releases
― howls of non-specificity (sleeve), Friday, 4 December 2020 20:40 (three years ago) link
Gorgeous. Thanks for sharing.
― Indexed, Friday, 4 December 2020 22:17 (three years ago) link
Not new unfortunately, from the Inca Ore split in 2008. Great song though.
― flappy bird, Friday, 4 December 2020 22:29 (three years ago) link
lol I wondered abt that, thanks. bought it anyway, good cause
― howls of non-specificity (sleeve), Friday, 4 December 2020 23:46 (three years ago) link
yeah the cat i had most of my whole adult life was a clatsop rescue, god bless 'em
― Clay, Saturday, 5 December 2020 01:25 (three years ago) link
Idling away a Sunday afternoon, I made this compilation - criteria being only 10 tracks, only 1 track per release. I mean, look at it. Artist of the century so far, surely?
Headache (Paradise Valley)Blouse (Grid of Points)Parking Lot (Parking Lot)Little Gray Cat (Inca Ore/Grouper)When We Fall (Dragging A Dead Deer Up A Hill)Down to the Ocean (Cover the Windows and the Walls)Holding (Ruins)Being Her Shadow (The Man Who Died in His Boat)Vapor Trails (A I A: Alien Observer)Close Cloak (Way Their Crept)
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Sunday, 11 April 2021 19:24 (three years ago) link
i shall listen to this playlist!
but you might have another spot to fill - "parking lot" is also on Grid of Points
― Zach_TBD (Karl Malone), Sunday, 11 April 2021 20:49 (three years ago) link
(maybe Helen's "Felt This Way"?)
― Zach_TBD (Karl Malone), Sunday, 11 April 2021 20:50 (three years ago) link
Oh, of course! And, confession, I've never listened to the Helen record. I am shamefacedly listening now.
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Sunday, 11 April 2021 21:04 (three years ago) link
"hold" or "moving machine"?
― Clay, Sunday, 11 April 2021 21:04 (three years ago) link
there is probably a better one on there! "felt this way" was a song on a 7" they put out before the album. i only gave the album maybe 1.5 listens, and none of it struck me in the same way, but i should have given it more time!
― Zach_TBD (Karl Malone), Sunday, 11 April 2021 21:06 (three years ago) link
the entire helen album rules imo
― Clay, Sunday, 11 April 2021 21:08 (three years ago) link
also hard to overlook the Raum album, god it's all so good
― Clay, Sunday, 11 April 2021 21:09 (three years ago) link
'Felt This Way' is great and I clearly need to listen to that Helen record some more but that playlist I put together is a) all Grouper and, even for Harris, the more bleached-out, narcotic version - might be a bit bombastic! (I'd happily have added the whole Nivhek album, tbh.)
I'd also never heard Moving Machine. Yikes.
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Sunday, 11 April 2021 21:12 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcAO6WeE3vU
gorgeous new single "unclean mind", this is probably my favourite thing from her since "headache"
https://music.apple.com/us/album/shade/1577846229
album out 22 october
― ufo, Tuesday, 27 July 2021 06:04 (two years ago) link
This is gorgeous.
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Tuesday, 27 July 2021 07:39 (two years ago) link
YESSSS
― assert (matttkkkk), Tuesday, 27 July 2021 09:17 (two years ago) link
So good. Glad to see her go back to acoustic guitar… last time she used one was in… 2013?
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 27 July 2021 09:32 (two years ago) link
longer actually, a man who died in his boat was all outtakes from dragging a dead deer up a hill, so it's the first time she's recorded new stuff on acoustic guitar since the sessions for both those albums in 2007-8
― ufo, Tuesday, 27 July 2021 09:46 (two years ago) link
HYPE
― pomenitul, Tuesday, 27 July 2021 09:47 (two years ago) link
https://grouper.bandcamp.com/album/shade
― sleeve, Tuesday, 27 July 2021 15:06 (two years ago) link
whelp, with the heads up this morning I WAS initially excited I'd have a chance at the expected "art" edition...
― Evan, Tuesday, 27 July 2021 16:15 (two years ago) link
Heh, yeah, I paused to look up who the artist was, then Pitchfork put it on their front page, and it was gone.
― eatandoph (Neue Jesse Schule), Tuesday, 27 July 2021 17:38 (two years ago) link
just gonna order the CD, v. excited to hear it!
― mark e. smith-moon (f. hazel), Tuesday, 27 July 2021 18:51 (two years ago) link
new album is gorgeous as expected, her best album in a while
― ufo, Friday, 27 August 2021 02:05 (two years ago) link
jeeze, 2 months to wait
― assert (matttkkkk), Friday, 27 August 2021 03:14 (two years ago) link
it's mostly acoustic guitar-based but in a folkier way than before, probably most similar to ruins except with acoustic guitar instead of piano. there's some other dronier tracks too, of course
unusually there's even drums on one track, but in the most grouper way possible
― ufo, Saturday, 28 August 2021 09:16 (two years ago) link
awesome, thanks ufo!
probably most similar to ruins except with acoustic guitar instead of piano. there's some other dronier tracks too, of course
so, to me that sounds in the direction of Dragging a Dead Deer -- is it like that?
― professional anti- (Karl Malone), Saturday, 28 August 2021 09:42 (two years ago) link
"unclean mind" is the closest to ddad, the other acoustic guitar tracks are a different style, folkier with slow picking. it works really well
― ufo, Saturday, 28 August 2021 09:48 (two years ago) link
maybe a touch of Tiny Vipers / Mirrorring
― assert (matttkkkk), Saturday, 28 August 2021 12:46 (two years ago) link
yeah it's pretty reminiscent of some of the stuff on foreign body
― ufo, Saturday, 28 August 2021 15:16 (two years ago) link
Liz graces the cover of the Wire. https://www.thewire.co.uk/issues/451
Plus an article about her favorite sea-related art: https://www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/essays/return-to-the-source-grouper-s-favourite-art-about-the-sea
― irerisered, Sunday, 29 August 2021 08:53 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1HoarnBVbk
― ufo, Thursday, 16 September 2021 00:37 (two years ago) link
Does sound like Ruins with guitar. Will be a devastating winter listen, I'm sure.
― Indexed, Thursday, 16 September 2021 19:54 (two years ago) link
“Ode to the Blue” has utterly captivated me these past few days … such quiet intensity. I hope the rest of the album mostly sounds like this
― missingNO, Saturday, 18 September 2021 15:24 (two years ago) link
you're in luck
― ufo, Sunday, 19 September 2021 00:40 (two years ago) link
First listen to the new album. I wonder what people will make of this in 50 or 100 years? Will they think we finally found the correct equipment for recording hauntings? This is beautiful and captivating but, to mix metaphors, it is like watching someone slowly fade out of existence.
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Friday, 22 October 2021 07:35 (two years ago) link
My god at Kelso (Blue Sky).
i've spent enough time with this now to be confident it's up with her best
― ufo, Friday, 22 October 2021 09:37 (two years ago) link
The last track on this LP is like finally looking at the sky on a beautiful day after spending all day in a shadowy house - it’s like running full tilt into an emotional wall
Best Grouper/Harris in nine years (with apologies to “The Original Faces”
― Legalize Suburban Benches (Raymond Cummings), Friday, 22 October 2021 09:53 (two years ago) link
When that first proper verse in “Kelso” comes …
― Legalize Suburban Benches (Raymond Cummings), Friday, 22 October 2021 10:26 (two years ago) link
I’m gonna play this on loop at my house in halloween to spook children.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Friday, 22 October 2021 14:40 (two years ago) link
wow. love the vocals on Kelso. lovely
― gman59, Friday, 22 October 2021 14:58 (two years ago) link
this is great
― Communist Hockey Goblin (sleeve), Friday, 22 October 2021 15:42 (two years ago) link
loving this
― Indexed, Friday, 22 October 2021 16:20 (two years ago) link