| Grouper / Ruins |
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| Album: | Ruins | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Grouper | Added: | Nov 2014 | |
| Label: | Kranky | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2015-01-18 | Pull Date: | 2015-03-22 | Charts: | Classical/Experimental |
| Week Ending: | Mar 22 | Mar 15 | Mar 8 | Feb 22 | Feb 15 | Feb 8 | Feb 1 | Jan 25 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Feb 27, 2021: | Rebroadcast: Music Casserole Made Of Air | 4. | Mar 21, 2015: | Music Casserole Made Of Air | |
| 2. | Jun 07, 2016: | does radio suck? Holofernes, Labyrinth | 5. | Mar 13, 2015: | The Sunset Life (Extended Coda) Made Of Air | |
| 3. | Apr 13, 2016: | does radio suck? Clearing, Lighthouse | 6. | Mar 12, 2015: | A Visit From Drum Holding |
| Album Review |
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| DJ Away Reviewed 2015-01-10 | ||
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Lo-fi, intimate, extremely hushed meditations on isolation and loss. After more than a decade of captivatingly mysterious and warped ambient-drone-folk, Liz Harris (who’s originally from Sonoma County!!!) is finally getting extensive attention with her tenth and most minimal album. Here she mostly ditches her trademark gauzy guitars for a piano, and she leaves her vocals relatively untreated. Recorded largely on the Portuguese coast, this feels like a stark emotional portrait of a very specific (and rainy) place and time, but it could be a source of comfort anywhere or in any season. All tracks are excellent. No FCCs confirmed. (There might be one on 2, but I can’t tell and kind of doubt it.) 1. (1:39)—Instrumental. Field recordings. Slow, deep drumbeat. 2. (4:42)—FCC? Subdued, pensive, minimal. 3. (2:59)—Dark, slow piano. Dramatic, forlorn, high-pitched vocals. 4. (3:48)—Instrumental. Slow, circular piano. Machine beep at the end. 5. (5:44)—Multi-tracked vocals. Long coda, really, really beautiful. Frog sounds. 6. (1:33)—Instrumental. Brighter, faster piano. Rain sounds. 7. (7:57)— Soothing, major-key. Most extensive use of multi-tracked vocals. Sounds of rain and thunder. 8. (11:24)—Instrumental. Watery, submerged piano-like sounds fade into a series of drones. Calm and drifting, then eerie, then more like piano again, then eerie again, and finally calm again. | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Made Of Metal | 5. | Lighthouse | |||
| 2. | Clearing | 6. | Holofernes | |||
| 3. | Call Across Rooms | 7. | Holding | |||
| 4. | Labyrinth | 8. | Made Of Air |