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Pitchfork 8.8/10 Ruins is Grouper's "unplugged" record, essentially, as much as that might sound odd for a musician who has always put acoustic guitar and piano and voice at the core of her work. Here she foreswears the looping pedals and the innumerable layers of fuzz, and what we're left with is achingly beautiful.
The Line of Best Fit 9/10 Liz Harris’ songs often sound like artefacts from another time, but this is the first time she's shown an interest in examining the ruins of her own past.
Clash 9/10 Album review: Grouper - Ruins. A stripped-bare set that unfolds with elegiac elegance…
