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Grouper

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Arvo Pärt playing Throbbing Gristle my ass, Grouper sounds nothing like that! Maybe a hazier Fursaxa is a more appropriate comparison... maybe! This is the solo project of one Liz Harris. What she creates might be on the ambient, distorted and gritty side, but no matter what comparisons you read, this is unique and original. When you listen to it the first time, you'll be mesmerized. This is some captivating and dreamy music, but as time goes by, you'll hear the details and the music loses some of it's original gloss... but only some. Anyone who has worked with sound effects will know that reverb + delay = dreamy, psychedelic and ambient music. It's that simple, and Grouper is just that. But depending on what instruments are used through these effects, the results are different, and with Grouper, only the vocals are recognizable.

I first heard of Grouper when Way They Crept was a featured record at Aquarius Records. Like many of you out there, the comparisons really sparked my curiosity. I even listened to a few of the samples and for a split second, yes, the comparisons did make sense, but when I finally got the album and listened to it thoroughly, it just felt like marketing. The album was beautiful and moody, but the comparisons and marketing bit really pissed me off. Grouper is like nothing you've ever heard before, no matter how simple it might sound at first.

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Album Cover Way Their Crept
Label: Free Porcupine Society
Release: 2005
Format: CD
Cat. no: FPS014

Song list:

  1. Way Their Crept (2:33)
  2. Hold A Desert, Feel It's Hand (3:55)
  3. Second Skin/Zombie Wind (3:58)
  4. Sang Their Way (4:30)
  5. Black Out (5:03)
  6. Adorned (2:47)
  7. Close Cloak (8:44)
  8. Second Wind/Zombie Skin (4:18)
  9. Where It Goes (4:44)


Album Cover Grouper
Label: Self-Released
Release: 2005
Format: CD-R
Cat. no: None

Song list:

  1. Untitled (1:58)
  2. Untitled (4:23)
  3. Untitled (4:09)
  4. Untitled (7:33)
  5. Untitled (3:57)
  6. Untitled (8:48)
  7. Untitled (4:11)
  8. Untitled (7:25)


Album Cover He Knows, He Knows, He Knows
Label: Jyrk
Release: 2006
Format: 3"CD
Cat. no: None

Song list:

  1. He Knows (4:58)
  2. He Knows (3:06)
  3. He Knows (1:56)


Album Cover Wide
Label: Free Porcupine Society
Release: 2006
Format: CD
Cat. no: FPS17

Song list:

  1. Make Me Over (1:57)
  2. Little Boat/Bone Dance (Audrey) (3:05)
  3. Imposter In The Sky (6:46)
  4. Giving It To You (3:02)
  5. Agate Beach (6:06)
  6. They Moved Everything (4:24)
  7. Black Blood (0:43)
  8. Shadow Rise, Drowned (4:12)
  9. Wide (7:26)


Album Cover Cover The Windows And The Walls
Label: Root Strata
Release: 2007
Format: LP
Cat. no: RS-19

Song list:

  1. Cover The Windows And The Walls (5:44)
  2. Opened Space (5:26)
  3. Down To The Ocean (6:06)
  4. Heart Current (4:43)
  5. It Feels Allright (6:01)
  6. You Never Came (5:34)
  7. Follow In Our Dreams (2:58)


Album Cover Tried
Label: Type Records
Release: 2007
Format: 7"
Cat. no: TYPE012

Song list:

  1. Tried (3:54)
  2. Everyone In Turn (3:06)


Album Cover Dragging A Dead Dear Up A Hill
Label: Type Records
Release: 2008
Format: CD
Cat. no: TYPE038

Song list:

  1. Disengaged (4:17)
  2. Heavy water/I'd Rather Be Sleeping (2:53)
  3. Stuck (6:00)
  4. When We Fall (2:08)
  5. Traveling Through A Sea (4:24)
  6. Fishig Bird (Empty Gutted In The Evening Breeze) (3:52)
  7. Invisible (3:55)
  8. I'm Dragging A Dead Dear Up A Hill (2:22)
  9. A Cover Over (2:49)
  10. Wind And Snow (4:31)
  11. Tidal Wave (5:35)
  12. We've All Gone To Sleep (3:03)