GROUPER "Way Their Crept" --- CONTACT

New album announced. Another new/old album... but newer/old than than last new/older one.

a friend at ZDB played me a few moments from it last year. definitely not more of the same. very beautiful.

(not like I would even complain even if it were more of the same -- I loved 'AIA')

This is exactly the sort of thing I am hoping for every time this thread gets bumped. Excellent.

Gorgeous song from the new album premiering on Vogue (!)

i now think of grouper every time i see spurs play

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/02/13/article-2558329-1A2FC0AF00000578-35_634x385.jpg

sometimes read this thread title and think it says GROUPER "Under Rug Swept"

thanks lbi, really beautiful

i got the man who died in his boat recently, good stuff

I think the Mirrorring album is my favorite thing I've heard from Liz Harris.

^ me too!

Ruins is hitting the spot for me at the moment. The little details like the restarting of the track on Clearing, or keeping the stove beeeeeeep (which I almost always think is my own) near the end of Labyrinth add lovely touches to the album.

it's out already?

OMG

holy fuck it's been on pirate bay for two weeks

pre-ordered my LP - so far this is as great as i expected, very great. much very great

I'm going to wait until the record comes so I can listen to it with the field recording of the thunderstorm.

grouper music is proof that the universe isn't completely indifferent to the human condition

i feel like harris is constantly searching and yet has all the answers has the same time

*at the

"Disengaged" came up on our shuffle yesterday and my wife's old friend (who is visiting) was immediately enthralled, it sounded esp. great out of context.

Looking forward to hearing the new one with vinyl crackles after 1 am. Her music just isn't the same to me without those two things. Is that silly? Listening to AIA all through tonight and it sounds incredible.

p4k review was spot on

just took a minute to reread the first bit of this thread, and

1) god can we change the title of this thread some day soon
2) i miss that magical 3 hours or so where i thought she was from Poland
3) If this was a dude, you wouldn't care

― If Assholes Could Fly This Place Would Be An Airport, Monday, June 23, 2008 2:43 AM (6 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

dammit, that's confusing. parts 1 and 2 are my own deep analysis of the beginning of the thread while part 3 is a really dumb thing that IACFTPWBAA said

after a few listens, I'm on the hook now. 'Lighthouse' is beautiful.

polish vibe can't be shrugged

pierogi vibes

drone : shredded cabbage

*microwave beeps bc cucumber soup is ready*

quintessential chilled soup imo

so wait...if the microwave beeped because of a power outtage, wouldn't her 4 track power off/stop recording as well?... ... .. . .. . .

prbly battery operated

grouper albums are basically this mookieproof post from the 'me irl' thread
https://gs1.wac.edgecastcdn.net/8019B6/data.tumblr.com/2d6f2dc2a5e1b515203905140236bf75/tumblr_ndrs5ytC1B1r2rj8po1_500.jpg

yup. rediscovering all the shows she played after DDD, it's all AIA material:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPQj9fF66xU

seeing her on Saturday night in this venue:

http://www.albertaabbey.org/s/cc_images/cache_4206279675.jpg?t=1404070353

Most of the time I put Grouper on I'm left with a "is that all there is?" feeling, but man does this music ever destroy me when I'm sick in bed

she would've been a great sponsor for TASCAM. a lot of that grouper magic is pitch control

Most of the time I put Grouper on I'm left with a "is that all there is?" feeling, but man does this music ever destroy me when I'm sick in bed

― fgti, Friday, October 31, 2014 2:29 PM (30 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

^ this is super surprising to me! they are the ultimate slow-burn records for me; even the ones i can't unravel feel like there's some unplumbable more i can't reach, rather than any kind of limit

it's the only music that still feels of another world to me. i'm not thinking about chords, notes, equipment, effects, even structure - though her songs have it. Aided by the fact that she doesn't tour, plays live very selectively, and doesn't do a ton of press...Harris has so much mystery because she's pretty much just there in the music, not on twitter, all over the world, getting interviewed backstage at bonnaroo, etc...

"Clearing" is one of the most beautiful songs I know rn

saw her play in a church and man it was like no other show I've ever attended, magical

this is in an abbey! so excited.

Yeah there was a Swedish American Hall show in SF I saw as part of the On Land festivals that was BEYOND great. Catching her live is special.

after a few listens, I'm on the hook now. 'Lighthouse' is beautiful.

― $0.00 Butter sauce only. No marinara. (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, October 28, 2014 3:34 PM (4 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah, for sure - the albums (this new one especially) sneaks up on you.

jesus christ i just found this song from 2008...another treasure

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgSTG6z-KtE

show was amazing, natch. killer version of "Clearing" from Ruins, also I think the last one off the new one as well? something long and drawn-out at the end.

I love how invisible she is, in her black stocking cap, crosslegged on the floor, you could barely see her but the sound was huge and the whole wall behind her was covered with video projection.

also, I cannot believe how great the full length version of "Sleep" is, I had only heard the LP-side excerpt

what was the rest of the setlist like?