{"id":229555,"date":"2021-10-28T22:48:15","date_gmt":"2021-10-29T02:48:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/25yearslatersite.com\/?p=229555"},"modified":"2024-01-24T23:58:41","modified_gmt":"2024-01-25T04:58:41","slug":"loops-disintegrating-grouper-shade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tvobsessive.com\/2021\/10\/28\/loops-disintegrating-grouper-shade\/","title":{"rendered":"Loops, Disintegrating: Grouper — Shade"},"content":{"rendered":"
Even when a record is made up of material recorded over the last 15 years, Grouper finds a way to make it something new. Shade<\/em> isn’t the first anthology-style release in the Grouper catalog; this approach may flash as lazy on the surface (and this may not be entirely unfounded), but the work speaks for itself. This is another haunting, deep-reaching record, from one of the more singular voices in modern music.<\/p>\n One of the standout elements on\u00a0Shade<\/em> is the production. The opening track, coated in so many layers of distortion it would seem like an ironic or experimental outtake from any other artist, cuts brilliantly into lead single “Unclean mind” through a simple fuzz overlay that lasts roughly a second. During “The way her hair falls”, there’s a full reason for a re-do, but Grouper chooses to press on, leaving us with a cozy smile you can almost hear over the tender guitar work.<\/p>\n