Grouper - "Dragging A Dead Deer Up A Hill"

Dragging A Dead Deer Up A Hill

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1. Disengaged (4:16)
2. Heavy Water/I'd Rather Be Sleeping (2:53)
3. Stuck (5:59)
4. When We Fall (2:07)
5. Traveling Through A Sea (4:23)
6. Fishing Bird (Empty Gutted In The Evening Breeze) (3:51)
7. Invisible (3:55)
8. I'm Dragging A Dead Deer Up A Hill (2:21)
9. A Cover Over (2:48)
10. Wind And Snow (4:30)
11. Tidal Wave (5:35)
12. We've All Gone To Sleep (3:03)

Wonderfully haunting and dreamy, Liz Harris' Grouper project goes from strength to strength in making great music. Here, unlike previous releases, she's upped the game (and the production values!) to produce a brand of Dream Pop worthy of a Cocteau Twins comparison. Although more drone orientated, parallels can be drawn with the older generation of Shoegazers with the muffled, indistinguishable vocals and reverberated, gentle acoustic guitar work. Probably the best record to come out last year. Liz Harris, I love you.

8.5/10

2008: Best of

I've had over a month now to allow 2008's music to digest. It's been difficult even narrowing down a list of the best the year had to offer because even now I'm still coming to terms with what went on in '06 & '07, haha. I'll try and keep this as short and as sweet as possible. I'll also try to incorporate a download link when I can.

• 2562 - Aerial (Dubstep, Minimal Techno)
• Dead Congregation - Graves Of The Archangels (Death Metal, Old-School)
• Deathspell Omega - Veritas Diaboli Manet In Aeternum: Chaining The Katechon(Black Metal, Experimental) Download
• Emeralds - Solar Bridge (Drone, Ambient, Noise) Download
• Errors - It's Not Something But It Is Like Whatever
  (Post-Rock, Electronic)
• Frightened Rabbit - The Midnight Organ Fight (Indie Rock)
• Gnaw Their Tongues - (Black Metal, Avantgarde, Experimental)
• Goslings, The - Occasion (Drone, Noise, Shoegaze)
• Grouper - Dragging A Dead Deer Up A Hill (Acoustic, Dream Pop, Drone) Download
• Odal - Najis (Noise)
• Mogwai - The Hawk Is Howling (Post-Rock)
• Paavoharju - Laulu Laakson Kukista (Modern Classical, Ambient, Experimental, Neofolk)
• Stegm - Harm Reduction (Noise)
• Taiga Remains - Ribbons Of Dust (Ambient, Drone) Download

There's a lot I neglected to mention and I guess I could update this over time. There's a provisional list for starters.