Blog: The Needle Drop

It starts off with thunder and ends in a reverb-drenching, delayed dream rain. And in the middle of thunder and rain, "Disengaged," the first song off of Grouper's latest album, Dragging a Dead Deer Up A Hill . The album is not as Sisphyean as the title suggests. It's feet are firmly planted in bedroom pop and melancholy. "Heavy Water/I'd Rather Be Sleeping," showcases open-chord acoustic guitar, a soft drone, and Liz Harris' voice. The words are hard to make out, but the feeling of a deep current pulling one under water [...]