Grouper is the solo project of American musician, artist and producer Liz H… Read Full Bio ↴Grouper is the solo project of American musician, artist and producer Liz Harris (born July 15, 1980). She has released material on her own label and other independent labels since 2005. Grouper released the critically acclaimed Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill in 2008, followed by six more records, including a two-part album, A I A, and the piano-led album Ruins. Her twelfth album, Shade, was released in 2021.
Harris was born July 15, 1980, in Northern California and grew up around the San Francisco Bay area.[3] She grew up in a Fourth Way commune there which was inspired by the philosophy of George Gurdjieff. The community was known as "The Group", which would later serve as some inspiration for the moniker Grouper. According to Harris, the kids called each other and the parents 'groupers' sort of as a defiance. She says: "It was us making our own identities inside a pretty controlled environment, and sort of lashing back maybe... When I had to think of a name I felt annoyed at nothing sounding right. I wanted something that referenced me without referencing 'Me.'" According to her, she "felt like the music was at its barest just a grouping of sounds, and I was just the grouper."[4]"
After finishing college, Harris briefly moved to Los Angeles, where she worked with Mayo Thompson at Patrick Painter.[5] Harris is now based in Oregon. Harris’ first album was 2005’s Grouper, a self-released full-length CD-R, followed later that year by Way Their Crept on Free Porcupine (re-released in 2007 on Type Records). In 2006 she released a single (He Knows), one album, called Wide, and a collaboration with Xiu Xiu entitled Creepshow. Harris made available new material steadily through the years and continued to collaborate with various artists such as Roy Montgomery and Xela.
In 2008 she released Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill. An AllMusic reviewer Heather Phares praised the album for showing more musical range than Harris' previous work and for "letting more melody, more structured songs, and even a few phrases emerge from the ether."[6] Pitchfork gave it 8.2 stars calling the work "an arresting album of pastoral psychedelic pop".[7]
In 2011, Grouper released an album consisting of two parts: A I A: Dream Loss and A I A: Alien Observer, which was critically acclaimed by Pitchfork, while the latter part was noted for being more accessible of the two discs.[8]
Early in 2012, Grouper performed Violet Replacement in the UK and Europe, a pair of longform tape collage pieces which originally took shape for commissioned performances in New York and Berkeley. Besides, she collaborated with Jesy Fortino of Tiny Vipers to release an album Foreign Body under their common moniker Mirrorring.
At Berlin's Club Transmediale festival in early February 2012 Harris performed Circular Veil in collaboration with Jefre Cantu-Ledesma.[3] Somewhere between an installation and a performance, it found her extending her more concise music outward into eight hours of music, designed to mimic one full sleep cycle.
In 2013, Harris released an album, The Man Who Died in His Boat.
Grouper's studio album titled Ruins was released on October 31, 2014. The album is relatively stripped-down; piano, voice and field recordings.[9] The majority of the album was recorded in Aljezur, Portugal in 2011, while Harris was on a residency set up by Galeria Zé dos Bois.[10] That same year she appeared on The Bug's album providing vocals for the track "Void".[11]
In 2015, Grouper collaborated with independent filmmaker Paul Clipson on the film Hypnosis Display, commissioned by Leeds Opera North.[12]
In 2016, Grouper released a 7" entitled "Paradise Valley".[13]
In 2017, Grouper was one of the curators for the 11th edition of the Dutch Le Guess Who? festival. Her curated program included films La Double Vie de Véronique by Krzysztof Kieślowski and Lighthouse by Paul Clipson and music performances from artists Marisa Anderson, William Basinski, Marcia Bassett & Samara Lubelski duo, Brötzmann/Leigh, Ekin Fil, Keiji Haino, Roy Montgomery, Coby Sey, Tiny Vipers, Wolfgang Voigt and Richard Youngs.[14]
On March 8, 2018, Grouper announced her new album Grid of Points and released the first single "Parking Lot" from the album.[15] The album was released on April 27 via Kranky.
During her days as a part of a Fourth Way commune, Harris' primary sources for discovering music were limited. With a little help from her parents, whose musical tastes were eccentric and divergent, she discovered Eastern European folk and American avant-pop. Through her father, who himself was a composer, she would later discover contemporary classical and early music.[16] In 2008, when she released Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill, Pitchfork compared it to classic ethereal releases from the British label 4AD, drawing comparisons to Cocteau Twins[7] and early His Name Is Alive.[17] The Portland Mercury described some songs from the album, such as "Wind and Snow" and "Stuck", sonically reminiscent of the Renaissance period composers Gesualdo and Monteverdi.[16]
Harris was born July 15, 1980, in Northern California and grew up around the San Francisco Bay area.[3] She grew up in a Fourth Way commune there which was inspired by the philosophy of George Gurdjieff. The community was known as "The Group", which would later serve as some inspiration for the moniker Grouper. According to Harris, the kids called each other and the parents 'groupers' sort of as a defiance. She says: "It was us making our own identities inside a pretty controlled environment, and sort of lashing back maybe... When I had to think of a name I felt annoyed at nothing sounding right. I wanted something that referenced me without referencing 'Me.'" According to her, she "felt like the music was at its barest just a grouping of sounds, and I was just the grouper."[4]"
After finishing college, Harris briefly moved to Los Angeles, where she worked with Mayo Thompson at Patrick Painter.[5] Harris is now based in Oregon. Harris’ first album was 2005’s Grouper, a self-released full-length CD-R, followed later that year by Way Their Crept on Free Porcupine (re-released in 2007 on Type Records). In 2006 she released a single (He Knows), one album, called Wide, and a collaboration with Xiu Xiu entitled Creepshow. Harris made available new material steadily through the years and continued to collaborate with various artists such as Roy Montgomery and Xela.
In 2008 she released Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill. An AllMusic reviewer Heather Phares praised the album for showing more musical range than Harris' previous work and for "letting more melody, more structured songs, and even a few phrases emerge from the ether."[6] Pitchfork gave it 8.2 stars calling the work "an arresting album of pastoral psychedelic pop".[7]
In 2011, Grouper released an album consisting of two parts: A I A: Dream Loss and A I A: Alien Observer, which was critically acclaimed by Pitchfork, while the latter part was noted for being more accessible of the two discs.[8]
Early in 2012, Grouper performed Violet Replacement in the UK and Europe, a pair of longform tape collage pieces which originally took shape for commissioned performances in New York and Berkeley. Besides, she collaborated with Jesy Fortino of Tiny Vipers to release an album Foreign Body under their common moniker Mirrorring.
At Berlin's Club Transmediale festival in early February 2012 Harris performed Circular Veil in collaboration with Jefre Cantu-Ledesma.[3] Somewhere between an installation and a performance, it found her extending her more concise music outward into eight hours of music, designed to mimic one full sleep cycle.
In 2013, Harris released an album, The Man Who Died in His Boat.
Grouper's studio album titled Ruins was released on October 31, 2014. The album is relatively stripped-down; piano, voice and field recordings.[9] The majority of the album was recorded in Aljezur, Portugal in 2011, while Harris was on a residency set up by Galeria Zé dos Bois.[10] That same year she appeared on The Bug's album providing vocals for the track "Void".[11]
In 2015, Grouper collaborated with independent filmmaker Paul Clipson on the film Hypnosis Display, commissioned by Leeds Opera North.[12]
In 2016, Grouper released a 7" entitled "Paradise Valley".[13]
In 2017, Grouper was one of the curators for the 11th edition of the Dutch Le Guess Who? festival. Her curated program included films La Double Vie de Véronique by Krzysztof Kieślowski and Lighthouse by Paul Clipson and music performances from artists Marisa Anderson, William Basinski, Marcia Bassett & Samara Lubelski duo, Brötzmann/Leigh, Ekin Fil, Keiji Haino, Roy Montgomery, Coby Sey, Tiny Vipers, Wolfgang Voigt and Richard Youngs.[14]
On March 8, 2018, Grouper announced her new album Grid of Points and released the first single "Parking Lot" from the album.[15] The album was released on April 27 via Kranky.
During her days as a part of a Fourth Way commune, Harris' primary sources for discovering music were limited. With a little help from her parents, whose musical tastes were eccentric and divergent, she discovered Eastern European folk and American avant-pop. Through her father, who himself was a composer, she would later discover contemporary classical and early music.[16] In 2008, when she released Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill, Pitchfork compared it to classic ethereal releases from the British label 4AD, drawing comparisons to Cocteau Twins[7] and early His Name Is Alive.[17] The Portland Mercury described some songs from the album, such as "Wind and Snow" and "Stuck", sonically reminiscent of the Renaissance period composers Gesualdo and Monteverdi.[16]
Driving
Grouper Lyrics
We have lyrics for 'Driving' by these artists:
& Friends 天好幾天好幾天徬彿過了好幾年好幾年好幾年yeah 你的Attitude 沒有變 那麼賤 說了sorry我們以為以後不會見…
A-Sun I wanna be good to you, but you're acting like…
AKIHIRO NAMBA Under the sunset Pink light Put the hammer to the floor Thin…
Anansi I see her face and it reminds me of somebody…
Anberlin And we're driving just as fast as we can and we're…
Arab Strap I was awake, I overheard your speech, my ego dried…
B.A.U. It isn't love If you ain't fall at least one time And…
B.L.I.M. I can't ignore this anymore baby Ohhh Yeah yeah The thought …
B.L.I.M. & Chris Carter Well, my baby don`t have to work And she don`t have…
Blood on the Saddle Late at night when there's no one around I go…
Case [Intro] You want to come play my sex games baby You still…
Climbers What is this that awakens me The marching boots of invading…
Clint Eastwood I ain't happy, I'm feeling glad I got sunshine, in a…
Connor Leimer We're driving we're driving through The place we smiled we…
Conor & Jay Drinkin while I drive Swervin in the rain Body gettin numb I…
D. Batistatos 2 in the morning but we ain’t heading home Slow and…
D.P.Kash Lets go High as fuck I'm on the floor Time be flying…
Decent Criminal I got something, that you never would believe I go sailing,…
Donna Missal Day and night Your love is like a Quaalude Keep me locked…
Down-N-Out It isn't love If you ain't fall at least one time And…
Driving You, without the scars of life on your skin and…
DVNIEL Hot Summer nights The way it's calling to me Turn up the…
DWLLRS All I want, all I need All I dream, I need…
E.B.T.G I miss those days spent in the trees Oh Hours climbin', sunl…
Emma-Lee the man in the starry tie led me talking backwards across th…
Everything But the Girl Oh loverboy To you I belong But maybe one day you'll wake An…
George Carlin Here′s an embarrassing driving situation, the kind of thing …
Home Reckless driving in the dark Reckless driving in the dark K…
Jacob Smigel After driving many hours Reflective dots on the road look…
Jamie Scott I've been drivin, down barry street I've been drivin way too…
K-Def So I took her shopping, to get that bag Bought her…
KinG BillionHeir Yeah Aye Fly High Gang Driving seat reclining, tints so they…
Knifeplay Do you remember when it wasn't so hard? Naked pictures and…
Koda Kumi 準備は 整ったかしら？ ＜今日という日をどれだけ待ったか＞ ハヤル気持ち押さえて 来たんだから ＜楽しませてくれな…
Lius Girl we're drivin' down the road, it's Satan, knocking on…
Lo I'm driving home for Christmas Oh, I can't wait to see…
Lxlita Driving down the boulevard Baby got no time to play Deciding…
Marion Raven Are you′re ready, are you're ready cause I′m good to…
Marion Ravn Are you ready, are you ready cause I'm good to…
Matt Ryan Driving alone now Can't stop picking up my phone now Driving…
Natural Wonder Beauty Concept Moving fast, and feeling slow I like it when I'm not…
Nevertheless Im driving, half alive and beaten down because I've been…
Odin Dragonfly Leaving ten for a tea And five for your teeth…
Olivia Falling down the stairs Oh no I thought that I'd have my…
Olivia Ong Oh loverboy To you I belong But maybe one day you'll…
P.O.N.G. You held me up when I was down, Said everything without…
Park Ji Hoon Like a butterfly 내 입꼬리 나비가 되어 날아 (날아) Like a summer…
Parker Yeah This one goes out to the grease stains That somehow man…
Patty Griffin Driving and driving Thinking about you Keep the car in the l…
Pete Barta It seems a little strange to spend a Saturday evening Drivin…
PJ Harvey Tell 'em I'm driving and it's alright Turn on this wheel…
Po' Girl Standin' in the rain... lately I've been thinkin of wearin…
Rebekka Bakken I like driving Darling I like driving I left my shoe …
Renee Renee Driving, drving, telling me why Can't you read the post i…
Romak & The Space Pirates Finger puppets slip off, and OH how so. Sit me in…
Roses & Cigarettes Driving south 'round midnight, man, I must have been insane …
Sam Stucky Sick and tired of raining driving in your car All the…
Sam Wilkes I was on a mission from God And I could feel…
Sammy J Sometimes when I'm driving with my lady We'll see someone a…
Sammy-J It isn't love If you ain't fall at least one time And…
Sasha and the Valentines Hi, Kiery, what's up? John, What's up, am I catching you at …
Seawards So let's fall asleep And try to dream about You living in aA…
Sibylle Baier Driving to Flight Number 107 With you sitting by my side F…
Ski Patrol Press my forehead against the glass Evaporated breath that c…
Smog And the rain washed the price Off of our windshield…
SouthFM drip drip drip on the windshield all the cars pass me…
Tamara Dey I remember driving on And never looking back Where we were g…
TELYKast Yeah, I know this girl could Be the death of me But…
The Climbers What is this that awakens me The marching boots of invading…
The Comsat Angels Got a line ahead Got forever to spend This need to go Des…
The Dining Rooms Driving down this high way Lot of questions buzzing on my…
The Frank You, you're driving me crazy! What did I do? What…
The Title And if we run, i won't ask where cause if I…
Tl Total Life Driving Driving all along the highway, in a dark and rainy…
TNT The only way out is through Said a wise man and…
Ty and Friends 天好幾天好幾天徬彿過了好幾年好幾年好幾年yeah 你的Attitude 沒有變 那麼賤 說了sorry我們以為以後不會見…
Very Mary-Kate I'm on the highway alone. Got my radio on. My mind is…
Ville Driving without you Thinking about you And how I don't have …
Wand Dream with me Through softest lightning Lay your head down i…
Wanderer Can I live, can I live in this feeling? Can…
Willer These broken thoughts in lonely nights Some silly dreams ca…
Zach Bryan You're revvin' and drivin' through the night When those star…
倖田來未 準備は 整ったかしら? 今日という日を どれだけ待ったか ハヤル気持ちを押さえて 来たんだから 楽しませてくれなきゃね …
王儷婷 Oh loverboy To you I belong But maybe one day you'll…
難波章浩 -AKIHIRO NAMBA- Under the sunset Pink light Put the hammer to the floor Thin…
박지훈 Like a butterfly 내 입꼬리 나비가 되어 날아 (날아) Like a summer…
We have lyrics for these tracks by Grouper:
Alien Observer look into the night sky looking towards the big lights looki…
Blouse Someday he′ll love her Hope was in the air And he wouldn't…
Call Across Rooms We both know that it's not fashionable to love me But…
Clearing Open up the window Try to let the light out Try to…
Come Softly I've been waiting For you to Come gently To me In night-time…
Come Softly (For Daniel D.) I've been waiting for you too come gently to me in night-ti…
Fishing Bird Fishing bird Coming out from the tide Through the top of the…
Headache My mother once told me She walked into the ocean Didn′t want…
Heavy Water / I'd Rather Be Sleeping This feeling doesn't go away I feel it moving through me I…
Heavy Water/I'd Rather Be Sleeping This feeling doesn't go away I feel it moving through m…
Holding I hear you calling and I want to come Run straight…
I'm Clean Now And I′m clean now Mimicking hawks I've climbed to the top o…
Invisible Invisible I've become invisible A light shining through my s…
Kelso Blue sky over Kelso and I'm feelin' fine Just crossed the…
Lighthouse I had a dream that someone came to find me…
Living Room I′m looking for the place the spirit meets the skin Can't…
Mary On the Wall Mary, on the wall She looks up The Mary on the wall She…
Moon Is Sharp The moon is sharp, I can feel it The moon glows…
Ode to the blue Ode to the blue of your mind, I can't follow Wonder…
Poison Tree Throwing poison seeds into the wind Make the poison tree gr…
Promise You got the prettiest eyes That's not what I like about…
She Loves Me That Way The morning passes We're hardly tired Your light will help m…
Unclean mind Held inside a party Catered by the mind For emotional behavi…
Vapor Trails As I undressed in my apartment, empty-hearted Did you rememb…
Vital Vital, vital, vital Vital, vital, vital Died by the stairs H…
Water People The stars are captured as they fall to the sea The…
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sol o
I am a child
It is a gift that my mother gave me
Watching the pavement
Stretch out and fade
You gave me
Along the highway
They look to see
The nature of the crash
To see the body
And it is time
We're on our way
I wonder
Whether you realize
How much I love you
Today, the land
Is slightly wider than the sky
And we are driving
Oh, life
Life in the tunnel
Made of the sun frame
sol o
I am a child
It is a gift that my mother gave me
Watching the pavement
Stretch out and fade
You gave me
Along the highway
They look to see
The nature of the crash
To see the body
And it is time
We're on our way
I wonder
Whether you realize
How much I love you
Today, the land
Is slightly wider than the sky
And we are driving
Oh, life
Life in the tunnel
Made of the sun frame
Mikel Guillen
Oh Grouper, so ethereal, oh Peter Hutton's film...what a great combination!
Verbunden
I immediately knew that this was Iceland. Such an unique and beautiful place. These landscapes, the mountains and the people are probably the most wonderful on earth.
Grouper fits perfect to this.
Rivkah Hannah
You have an amazing channel and a perfect eye for pairing visuals with tracks! I’m so happy to be here :) Keep up the incredible work!
the blue light
Rivkah Hannah wow thanks! i appreciate it
Alex Bielovich
Freaking beautiful. Grouper is life.
dreamandwake
love this song
Komar Yanto
I feel so peaceful..
Sebastián Orellana
Beautiful...
Abitta Cruz
😍🌌