It’s hard to imagine her next step after Shade. Since 2014’s Ruins, Grouper has been removing layers of shroud, garment by garment. Songs like “Unclean Mind” and closer “Kelso (Blue Sky)” are some of her clearest recordings, teasing a potential new direction, while opener “Followed the Ocean” pulls us back down. Shade teeters between traditional and non-traditional Grouper, still minimal, but structurally it’s Harris exposing herself to her audience comfortably. A decade ago, Harris hid behind thick layers of ambience and muddled production, but here we are finally seeing her – sort of. Shade is the singer’s latest excursion to find her moving closer to the hazy spotlight of her expression. For one of her most stripped-down efforts to date, Liz Harris aka Grouper hones calmness directness across nine songs she’s been assembling for the last 15 years.
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