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Her introspective lyrics combined with atmospheric instrumentation create an immersive listening experience that resonates deeply with fans. If you're a fan of artists such as Tim Hecker, Julianna Barwick or Oneohtrix Point Never, then Grouper's unique blend of ambient and experimental sounds will undoubtedly leave a lasting impression.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-man-who-died-in-his-boat","title":"The Man Who Died In His Boat","description":"\u003cp\u003eOriginally released in 2013, this album was recorded by \u003cstrong\u003eLiz Harris\u003c\/strong\u003e alongside her best-known work, \u003cem\u003eDragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt’s in the same stylistic ballpark - ethereal, heavily reverbed electric guitar and vocals with dark and mysterious undercurrents, sometimes swimming into clearer focus when Harris switches to acoustic.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kranky","offers":[{"title":"Black LP","offer_id":50436419813707,"sku":"358643","price":29.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50436418928971,"sku":"358642","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/The_Man_Who_Died_In_His_Boat_27e771dc_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726917093"},{"product_id":"dragging-a-dead-deer-up-a-hill","title":"Dragging A Dead Deer Up A Hill","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is a new reissue of Grouper's breakthrough 2008 type records released album which has been out of print on all physical formats for the last few years. \u003ci\u003eDragging a dead deer up a hill\u003c\/i\u003e is an album steeped in the world of dream-pop, a genre pioneered by the likes of 4ad's Cocteau Twins and This Mortal Coil, it is a reference Liz Harris has grabbed on with both hands. Using delicate song structures which are at once both familiar and alien somehow we hear her words cry out hauntingly over stripped down guitar lines and looped environmental recordings. creating an albums worth of perfect, leftfield pop songs.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kranky","offers":[{"title":"Black LP","offer_id":50436422173003,"sku":"358645","price":29.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50436423221579,"sku":"358644","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/Dragging_a_Dead_Deer_Up_a_Hill_7cf8adbb_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726917129"},{"product_id":"aia","title":"Aia","description":"\u003cp\u003ethis is the first cd issue of grouper's 2011 self released two part album subtitled 'dream loss' and 'alien observer', comprised of songs written and recorded over the last four years. a chronological order informs the thematic trajectory of the dual release. 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Her next chapter, entitled 'Ruins', is no different. Recorded almost entirely in Aljezur, Portugal while Harris was taking part in a residency, it might be the most stripped-down set of songs she's released so far. The songs came about when Harris happened upon a room with an upright piano - she had a 4-track Sony recorder with her, so that became her setup. After long walks through the ruins of a small village nearby, she would sit at the piano and process, in her own words, \"a lot of political anger and emotional garbage.\" The result is the most naked, raw recordings we've heard from Harris - a far cry from the comparatively sunny 'Dragging a Dead Deer up a Hill'.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kranky","offers":[{"title":"Black LP","offer_id":50442324214091,"sku":"380844","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50442324869451,"sku":"380843","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/3cf8f8bb-bace-45c4-8d0a-56c5a473a336_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726996276"},{"product_id":"grid-of-points","title":"Grid Of Points","description":"\u003cp\u003eNot long after recording her 10th album, \u003cem\u003eRuins\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eLiz Harris\u003c\/strong\u003e traveled to Wyoming to work on art and record music. 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The space left after matter has departed, a stage after the characters have gone, the hollow of some central column, missing. - Liz Harris\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kranky","offers":[{"title":"Black | LP","offer_id":50471550157131,"sku":"1031112","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50471550255435,"sku":"1031111","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/ceee9d4a-ef15-49fa-ada4-0d0bc0d57e1c_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727407231"},{"product_id":"shade-1","title":"Shade","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe 12th full-length by Pacific Northwest artist Liz Harris aka Grouper is a collection of songs spanning 15 years. She characterizes \u003ci\u003eShade \u003c\/i\u003eas an album about respite, and the coast, poetically and literally. How we frame ourselves in a landscape, how in turn it frames ourselves; memories and experiences carried forward mapping our connection to place.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSongs touch on loss, flaws, hiding places, love. Deep connections to the Bay Area, and the North Coast, with its unique moods of solitude, beauty, and isolation—a place described and transformed by the chaos and power of river-mouth, wild maritime storms, columns of mist that rise up unexpectedly on the road at night. Portions were recorded on Mount Tamalpais during a self-made residency years back, other pieces made longer ago in Portland, while the rest were tracked during more recent sessions in Astoria. 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