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Slowdive – kisses – sky ii (Grouper Remix)

Now this was an unexpected delight. Says Liz Harris of the experience: “Making music was only an idea in my head when I first fell in love with Slowdive. What a strange dream all these years later to work with them. This track was such a lush pop hit to start, I just tried to boost and smear those gauzy highs and fields of dreamy texture, and Rachel’s ethereal vocals. Added a touch of tape, Wurlitzer, and space echo too. It was a pleasure to work on.”

Grouper’s celestial interpretation was accompanied by a Daniel Avery remix, which is also very good, but this is the one for me.

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Grouper – Pale Interior

Grouper has a new album out today, Shade, which I haven’t yet had the chance to listen to, but am expecting to thoroughly enjoy if it’s anything like Pale Interior, which is a bleakly compelling as you’d expect. She manages to make devastation – complete and unending – something you not only endure as a listener, but yearn for: a black pit that only deepens and darkness the further you fall.

Happy Friday!

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