Grouper (musician)

Grouper
Harris performing as Grouper in Barcelona, 2014
Harris performing as Grouper in Barcelona, 2014
Background information
Birth nameElizabeth Anne Harris[1]
Born (1980-07-15) July 15, 1980 (age 44)
West Marin, California, U.S.
OriginAstoria, Oregon
Genres
Occupations
  • Musician
  • singer-songwriter
  • producer
Years active2005–present
Labels
  • YELLOWELECTRIC
  • Root Strata
  • West 25th
  • Peak Oil
  • Kranky

Grouper is the solo project of musician, artist and producer Liz Harris (born July 15, 1980).[a] 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 five more records, including a two-part album, A I A, and the piano-led album Ruins. Her twelfth album, Shade, was released in 2021.

Grouper has collaborated with a number of other artists, including Xiu Xiu, Tiny Vipers (as the duo Mirrorring), Roy Montgomery, The Bug, Lawrence English (as Slow Walkers), Jefre Cantu-Ledesma (as Raum) and Paul Clipson. The critic Brett Abrahamsen referred to her as a "genius of modern music" in his 2022 profile of Roy Montgomery.[3]

  1. ^ Ratliff, Ben (April 27, 2018). "Grouper's Liz Harris Explains the Art of the Paradox and the Beauty of Mistakes". Pitchfork. Retrieved May 1, 2018.
  2. ^ Harris, Liz (grouperepuorg) (May 18, 2020). "Mt St Helen 40 years ago today. Two months later I squealed my way into the world on Ian Curtis' birthday, who died two weeks after the eruption". Instagram. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
  3. ^ "Perfect Sound Forever: Roy Montgomery".


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