Monday, October 11, 2010

Grouper - Dragging A Dead Deer Up A Hill (2008)

Grouper is ambient/noise project of Portland native Liz Harris. And this is my favorite record in general. I couldn't be happier to be giving it to you right now in the thick of my favorite season. It's a good winter album too. I showed it to one of my old boyfriends from high school the other day and he said it was cheesy. IT IS NOT CHEESY. It's really layered and deep, and it might not hit you the first listen. But lemme tell you, one of these days you're going to be trudging through Midwest snow and wish you were listening to Heavy Water/I'd Rather Be Sleeping (track 2) on repeat. It's also perfect sleepy or study music. It's just pretty, meditative, drone-y, dreamy, reverb-drenched sweet singing layered over minimalist strummed guitar and Wurlitzer keyboard. Try it out.

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