That's the name of the new album by Grouper-Liz Harris's band from Portland-and the soon to be favorite album of DC's, taking the place of Valet's "Naked Acid". This sounds like a cross between Bon Iver and Brightblack Morning Light with PJ Harvey singing through an avalanche of reverb--etherial and strangely beautiful.
Monday, December 29, 2008
Dragging a Dead Deer Up A Hill
That's the name of the new album by Grouper-Liz Harris's band from Portland-and the soon to be favorite album of DC's, taking the place of Valet's "Naked Acid". This sounds like a cross between Bon Iver and Brightblack Morning Light with PJ Harvey singing through an avalanche of reverb--etherial and strangely beautiful.
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This is one of those bands that I would love just because of that picture you posted.
Good looking, Hurewitz. I've got some good new shit, too. Let's hang on the 2nd after work, call Mr. Sombrero and trade music.
I haven't even gotten this CD yet and I'm looking for limited ed vinyl online.
Here is a blurb i saw at Other Musyc.com:
"Grouper, the one-woman band of Portland, Oregon's Liz Harris, turns in what may be the best record I've heard yet on the UK's mighty Type label. It is definitely her finest album to date, and I wouldn't be surprised if it turns out to be one of this year’s biggest sleeper hits. Her two previous albums were subdued and cavernous ambient/drone excursions that netted numerous comparisons to a wide swath of minimalists and melodic ambient artists. Both albums were exceedingly lovely yet somewhat drifting and amorphous, but for her third album she's tightened the song structure and brought a more instantly recognizable sound palette to the fore. There's nothing we love more here than a pop sense that gets tweaked in subtle ways, and the genius of this album is that she's so successfully managed to combine such moving and memorable songs with the aquatic and somnambulant aesthetic that marked her previous work. This record feels wholly original to me, and I think most listeners would be hard pressed to come up with any suitable comparisons with what she's accomplished here. Easily one of the loveliest listens I've been privy to this year, expect a mini-cult to begin around this album starting now. "
That's a great description, I totally agree, listening to this record, and the one before "Way Their Crept", a lot.
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