Ruins, by Grouper

Ruins

by Grouper

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grape7250 perfectly trance inducing

PetruS Yearn to this Favorite track: Holding.

James Loves You Songs this beautiful but this quiet and somber makes me believe that there can be healing in the solitude. Favorite track: Clearing.

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1.	Made of Metal 01:38	buy track
2.	Clearing 04:41	buy track
3.	Call Across Rooms 02:59	buy track
4.	Labyrinth 03:47	buy track
5.	Lighthouse 05:44	buy track
6.	Holofernes 01:32	buy track
7.	Holding 07:56	buy track
8.	Made of Air 11:24	buy track

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Ruins was made in Aljezur, Portugal in 2011 on a residency set up by Galeria Zé dos Bois. I recorded everything there except the last song, which I did at mother's house in 2004. Iʼm still surprised by what I wound up with. It was the first time Iʼd sat still for a few years; processed a lot of political anger and emotional garbage. Recorded pretty simply, with a portable 4-track ,Sony stereo mic and an upright piano. When I wasnʼt recording songs I was hiking several miles to the beach. The path wound
through the ruins of several old estates and a small village.

The album is a document. A nod to that daily walk. Failed structures. Living in the remains of love. I left the songs the way they came (microwave beep from when power went out after a storm); I hope that the album bears some resemblance to the place that I was in.

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released October 31, 2014

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