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- Summary: The 12th full-length studio release for Liz Harris features songs recorded in the past 16 years in Mount Tamalpais, Portland, and Astoria.
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- Record Label: Kranky
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock
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Positive: 15 out of 15
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The WireDec 20, 2021As always Harris’s dedication to using a small spectrum of sounds to convey a wide range of emotions is noteworthy. Shade is another stunning piece of work – after all these years, Harris still makes it easier for some of us to get to know ourselves. [Oct 2021, p.48]
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UncutOct 21, 2021Harris makes the most of the means available to her and allows her songs to land the way they need to land. [Nov 2021, p.34]
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Oct 22, 2021They find Harris stepping away from the choral ambiance and glacial minimalism of the Nivhek era and retreating back to the nocturnal ebbs and crackling timbres of earlier albums such as Dragging A Dead Deer Up A Hill and The Man Who Died In His Boat.
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MojoOct 21, 2021This album feels personal, contemplative, yet thanks to Harris's blurred vocals, the meaning is never in focus, like notes sent back from the edge of a waking dream. [Oct 2021, p.96]
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Oct 26, 2021Shade is another beautiful and often devastating entry in the Grouper catalog.
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Oct 22, 2021With its balance of eras, sounds, and short and extended songs, Shade has the depth of a career retrospective and the freshness of a new album, both of which make it especially appealing to new and longtime Grouper fans alike.
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Oct 27, 2021It’s a little loose, a little shaggy, and sometimes simply unimaginative or rote, but it also provides an intriguing glimpse into the archives of one our most beguiling artists.
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