Video: Grouper-Heavy Water/I'd Rather Be Sleeping (live at Hoko's)

Only just recently got "Dragging a Dead Deer up a Hill" by Grouper. the album kinda knocked me back by how good it was and the song " Heavy Water/I'd Rather Be Sleeping " especially. Grouper is the artist name of Elizabeth (Liz) Harris from Portland, Oregon. Fun fact the word "grouper" actually comes from the name of a type of fish found on warm and tropical seas. 'Garoupa', in the Russian dialect of the Enchained Forest region of Siberia, and not from the English word group. check out a live version of the song in the read [...]

Saudade sends out "fucked up not ambient noisy garage gazing" (their words) transmissions from Oregon and has a whole record called The Hooded Ones [2008] available for free on the web. I'd grab it ... between this and Grouper's Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill , Portland is ruling my week ... Saudade - "134 Ash Street" Saudade - "Sleep's Walk" [...]

• Saudade - 134 Ash Street
• Saudade - Sleep's Walk