Grid of Points
by Grouper
  • Record Label: Kranky
  • Release Date: Apr 27, 2018
User Score
8.2

Universal acclaim- based on 20 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 19 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 20
  3. Negative: 1 out of 20
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  1. frostedcrow
    Apr 28, 2018
    9
    Grid of Points is a masterpiece. The canon technique in every song is amazing, the harmony is perfect. Listening to the album, is like transporting into a history where the starring role is your mind and its traveling across the process of life, bumping with conflicts, confussion, sadness, reflexioning and every state of mind that pose in the journey of life. Musically, although theGrid of Points is a masterpiece. The canon technique in every song is amazing, the harmony is perfect. Listening to the album, is like transporting into a history where the starring role is your mind and its traveling across the process of life, bumping with conflicts, confussion, sadness, reflexioning and every state of mind that pose in the journey of life. Musically, although the meanings, is harmonious. Is a little basic, some arpegios were repeating between the songs but the chords variate on each one. The simplicity in Grouper is a virtue, because she transform that onto a complex piece. A good art isn't devalued by its simplicity and not take away from efforts to it; that artistic work is crucial for what bring on to a soulful level and not by its complexity. Despite it seems, isn't easily generate emotional burdens on the audience, that take them to rethink a situation, to reflect on a particular topic or in general, or simply altering their emotional state, to the point of being a cure for sadness or a happiness overthrow. Blouse, for example, is so simple, but it really touch my heart so hardly. I'm about to rethink my entire life 'cause the listen of that song. My huge critic to Grouper, despite it all, is the misunderstanding or the hideness of the lyrics. Most of the lyrics that have been known of her are intense and brilliant. So, is a bit disapointing that some of her best songs are not being showed or decipherable, even more on this album that almost none of them can be understood. Another fact that low me down a bit is the quantity and the duration of the songs. I waited so much for a new album of Grouper and I was really hoping that she made a longer album. In conclution, Grouper is an incredible artist, so avant-garde, but she took her music so personal that, I personally enjoy but I stayed expecting for more.… Expand
  2. fwtll636
    May 20, 2018
    7
    The biggest downfall of Grouper's new album 'Grid of Points' is the ridiculously short run-time, which keeps listeners at an arms-length away. You want to dive into her dismal lyrics and decorated sounds but aren't given a long enough chance.

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Metascore
80

Generally favorable reviews - based on 21 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 20 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 21
  3. Negative: 0 out of 21
  1. The Wire
    Jul 12, 2018
    70
    While Harris’s voice has become more manoeuvrable, the combination of echo, layering and breathy delivery push the literal meaning of her lyrics just out of reach. Instead the words are like a lure, drawing you further into the space between unfurling sequences of hesitant notes and quiet cries. [May 2018, p.49]
  2. No Ripcord
    May 22, 2018
    70
    It sometimes renders a bit slight and doesn't have quite the volume of her best material. But Grid of Points pulls you in all the same, and as it is with Harris's best work, she emanates a mysterious allure.
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  3. Mojo
    May 21, 2018
    60
    Eight brief fragments in which the ghostly vocal harmonies and echoing piano seem to exist just out of comprehension, as if playing in a distant hall, or half-remembered from a dream. [Jul 2018, p.95]
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