Grouper - Grid Of Points (Kranky) 2018
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Liz Harris’ previous album was recorded in Portugal, during an artistic residence in Aljezur curated by Galeria Zé dos Bois. This time the singer and songwriter found refuge in Wyoming, where over the course of just a week and half she worked on art, wrote and recorded piano-based music before being abruptly stopped by an emerging fever. “Though brief, it is complete”, she later stated.
This story seems to mirror Grouper’s music, where time — giving time some time to do its thing — seems to be very important. Liz continues stripping her music down to the very bare essentials, no longer hiding her soft voice under tides of electrical guitar echos and noise. A wise man once said, “You can’t get away from yourself by moving from one place to another”; so, whether it is recorded in Portugal or Mongolia, Grouper’s music never ceases to convey this beautifully vulnerable place we all find ourselves in every once in a while — and sometimes more often than we’d like to admit.