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oh that's so lovely; it hadn't occurred to me it was intended as a pairing. just out of curiosity, is that inferred anywhere or are you just freestyling?

when I ordered it I said I was super-excited about the thunderstorm field recording CD and ms. harris suggested the idea!

so neat!
& thanks for passing that on.

Grouper announced a short European tour! http://www.factmag.com/2014/12/16/grouper-european-tour/

http://www.splicetoday.com/music/grouper-artist-of-the-decade

"Grouper music is something that is tapped into, not created. Harris’ gift in capturing the in-between states of our natural cycle is what puts her in rarefied air—it goes far beyond the relatively simple joys of being in love with a band, song or an artist’s persona. Grouper music is like peeking into the afterlife, or a parallel spiritual world that only affects us subliminally. The subliminal force of Grouper music has me convinced that Harris is merely a conduit for the voice of the universe; that the sound coming out of her pedals and tapes and guitars and keyboards is only passing through like the wind, waiting for her touch."

wow, simultaneously hyperbolic and condescending

maybe... she's just a good songwriter?

yeah would not be flattered to be called a conduit.

Yeah but could be for worse things than the voice of the universe.

This remains the worst titled thread

Heavy Water sounds like Benoit Pioulard

wow, simultaneously hyperbolic and condescending

maybe... she's just a good songwriter?

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I'm fairly sure that this is Spazz's way of saying she's a great songwriter.

i need to listen to the new benoit pioulard - didn't he go full on ambient/instrumental with the new one? BP was always really frustrating for me. i have a couple of his records (the Precis and Temper collected 2LP thing that Kranky put out a while back), and saw him play once with Windy & Carl (some of the audience actually fell asleep!), but somehow it always felt like things never completely came together in his recorded output. his music is almost singularly in between spaces for me, and although i love the idea of that, in practice i end up turning the stereo and off and sitting in silence.

None of BP's albums are dramatically different from each other, but for the record Lasted is the best iteration of his sound. So if you like what he does generally speaking but feel like his records haven't clicked, that might be the one to try.

The new one is full ambient, apparently, but it's not out yet. Comes out in March I think.

i finally dug into ruins and it leveled me. "clearing" is a tidal force. that song will be with me for the rest of my life.

also recently discovered julie byrne's 2014 album "rooms with walls and windows" which i would strongly recommend to grouper fans. it's a bit less, idk, spectral compared to grouper, but i've been really enjoying it. it puts me in an headspace that's adjacent to what harris' stuff does for me.

yeah that julie byrne album is great, you might want to check out Broken Twin's May as well

YES

http://pitchfork.com/news/60270-groupers-liz-harris-announces-debut-album-from-dream-pop-band-helen-shares-motorcycle/

A couple years ago, Grouper's Liz Harris released one single by her dream-pop band, Helen. The band, also featuring Jed Bindeman (of Eternal Tapestry) and Scott Simmons (and someone named Helen credited with "back up vocals"), have now announced their debut album. The Original Faces is out September 4 via Kranky. Listen to "Motorcycle" above.

01 Ryder
02 Motorcycle
03 Covered in Shade
04 Felt This Way
05 Pass Me By
06 Right Outcome
07 Allison
08 Dying All the Time
09 Grace
10 City Breathing
11 Violet
12 The Original Faces

i'm at work so haven't had the chance to listen to the new song. but man, i really REALLY loved that little 7 inch they put out a couple years ago. can't wait to hear the full length

ohhhhhhhh swooooooooooooooooooooon!

this sounds great!
w/ organ & tangled guitar grouper dna not so present in the first two songs.
hey maybe we get to go see helen shows

http://cdn3.pitchfork.com/news/60270/8700513c.jpg

best band foto

awesome, that track sounds like an early sarah records 7"

Love it!!!!

YES! "Dying All the Time" was fantastico.

another song is streaming!

http://www.thefourohfive.com/music/article/jump-into-the-gently-swaying-noise-of-violet-by-helen-143

plus it's not available for pre-order at http://www.kranky.net/

I think you meant "now"

mistakes were made, the zs story

this is so good

ty karl, this is hardchoral

Enjoying the lost classic from ~1990 vibe of the Helen record. Could imagine discovering it via a Forced Exposure review that references Kendra Smith and Crystalized Movements.

Happier times when i was lonely, scared and miserable in my bedroom.

just discovering pale saints

The Helen album sounds very 90s liberal arts college band-y. Not a bad thing.

I don't like how her vox are drenched in so much reverb. It's not like she has a bad voice...I understand it's the aesthetic but...

Drummer demonstrates that perpetual behind the beat, just learned to play a month ago vibe

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this is so great
the grouperness of it is so satisfying, & then there's this whole other dimension to the really pop pop songs
like allison is like early best coast
i remember reading grouper & tiny vipers talking about the mirroring record & how they spent forever choosing song titles
& this is in that same lyrical zone sometimes
like i am walking around thinking city breathing

i still haven't heard it! i got a download link via twitter dm but couldn't get it to work without malware. i'm going to go old school and buy a physical copy though, so it will work out. can't wait.

get the malware version

ltd ed DELUXE malware version ft KoolSearch Browser Toolbar

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1O9O21TXqc

guh <3

instrumentally 'covered in shade' sorta sounds like early clean. so good.

the galaxie 500/new order higher register bass thing is happening throughout the record. the two songs from the 2013 single (felt this way and dying all the time) still rule just as hard. i don't know how many people heard it so they'll probably still be new to most. 'dying all the time' appears in remixed form and is even more woozier and fuzzier than the original version. a keyboard is added to the mix, and the guitar is moved to a more abstract siderole. i loved the 2013 song with a burning passion so to hear a new version of it that is somehow even better is a blessing. #blessthismess 'violet' is another standout.myeah, the vocals are reverbed out. i like reverb, so cool with me. but if you're not a fan of it you should probably listen to real life instead, particularly in soundproofed small-medium sized rooms.

Grace is fucking great, keep replaying that one

the bass is the best part of this lp

Loving Ruins tonight. Its so great. Everything she does is gold.

someone asked me if helen would tour. i laughed and then became very sad

"Allison" and "Violet" FTW

Why wouldn't they tour? Seem to be getting some heat on this LP, hell even Eternal Tapestry gets to Europe every couple years.

pretty sure that liz harris hates touring, she hasn't done it since 2009. she does a run of gigs here and there, but never more than half a dozen at a time.

really like the HELEN album but listening to "wind return" right now thinking she could make 1000 more songs like this and i'd be happy

i dunno if/how she'll ever top 'Alien Observer'... every second of that record is perfect... honestly makes me cry just thinking about it