9.
Grouper - Ruins



I don't really have much to say about this album. The way Liz Harris slathers everything she touches (electronic-, guitar-, and now piano-based music, and of course her sublime FACT mix) with such a haunting, emotional tone is one of contemporary music's most wondrous oddities. I describe Ruins in the same way I would describe the perfect partner: humble, patient, candid, loving, and absolutely gorgeous.

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