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• Dreamy pop about love, despair and the very last hope.

  Portland, Oregon-based Liz Harris, aka Grouper, has earned herself a not-insignificant fan base in terms of numbers with the whispered, almost ambient-like vocal excursions of Grouper’s debut album “Way Their Crept” and its follow-up “Wide.” “Dragging A Dead Deer Up A Hill” marks a departure from the fuzz experiments that have become a sorry trademark, taking Harris’ voice to new heights and into the world of dream pop la Cocteau Twins and This Mortal Coil. But instead of being in awe of the references, Harris takes her luck in both hands and creates near-perfect pop songs. Set to stripped-down guitar figures and noise loops, Grouper’s song structures seem both familiar and otherworldly. Harmonies and vocals nestle in the consciousness, making “Dragging A Dead Deer Up A Hill” an irresistible experience. A future soundtrack for love, despair and the very last hope.

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  “Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill offers moments that are just as memorable as the entire album, and all of them are subtly, but stunningly, beautiful.” Allmusic

  “There’s a deeply meditative, almost spiritual beauty to these tracks; a melancholy that’s simultaneously strangely hopeful.” DrownedInSound

  “There’s no doubting this is a record with a human force behind it. It’s more than just an album of droning guitar music because someone speaks to us.” Pop Matters

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  AllMusic rating: AllMusic users: (285 votes) Read the AllMusic.com review

• Artist: Grouper Label: Kranky Format: LP Units: 1 Country: US Genre: Electronic Style: Ambient, Drone, Experimental, Folk

• A1 Disengaged
  A2 Heavy Water/I’D Rather Be Sleeping
  A3 Stuck
  A4 When We Fall
  A5 Traveling Through A Sea
  A6 Fishing Bird (Empty Gutted In The Evening Breeze)
  B1 Invisible
  B2 I’M Dragging A Dead Deer Up A Hill
  B3 A Cover Over
  B4 Wind And Snow
  B5 Tidal Wave
  B6 We’Ve All Gone To Sleep