Last May at the Bottling Smoke Festival here in Los Angeles, I was talking to Jefre Cantu about his label and some of its current releases. I told him how highly I thought of Zelienople’s Stone Academy, and he told me that if I liked that record, I should buy the LP he just put out by Grouper. He told me that he was just about to sell out of them, and if my memory serves me correctly he didn’t even charge me for it. His label’s website states, “Cover The Windows And The Walls is the first vinyl only release by Portland resident Liz Harris under her Grouper moniker. Slightly shedding back the layers of billowing twilight distortion and murmur, these songs reveal more of the acoustic guitar & vocal core that has always been at the center of Grouper’s tape hiss blues. This record is a stunning document of shimmering dream melodies that feel a lot more like ancient rituals rather than songs. Playing to her strengths, Liz has created her most arresting material to date. “Lost in a Dreamworld, West Coast Natural””. Although I did not give it the credit it deserved on my Top 100 albums of 2007 list, this is definitely one of my favorite minimalist experimental albums. You will fall in love with it. I don’t know if it’s available on CD. I kind of doubt it. If it is, let me know.
Grouper
Cover The Windows And The Walls
MediaFire Download Link
Tracklist:
01. Cover The Windows And The Walls
02. Opened Space
03. Down To The Ocean
04. Heart Currents
05. It Feels Alright
06. You Never Came
07. Follow In Our Dreams
