Grouper — Dragging A Dead Deer Up A Hill

'Dragging A Dead Deer Up A Hill' marks a departure of sorts for Liz which sees her turn down the fuzz-boxes which caged (and to some degree defined) her sound and allows her voice to ring out above everything else. It is an album steeped in the world of dream-pop, a genre pioneered by the likes of 4AD's Cocteau Twins and This Mortal Coil, and far from shy away from the reference Liz has instead grabbed on with both hands, in the process creating an album's worth of perfect, leftfield pop songs. These unforgettable harmonies and vocal lines that embed themselves in your consciousness before you even realise it are the key to the album's success.