Grouper – Ruins (Vinyl) Gil Scott-Heron His first releases were handmade

His first releases were handmade things: home-recorded and presented in inky packages

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but an insight into the world of New Zealand guitar-pop and the Dunedin Sound an influence which carries on to indie-pop bands around the world today

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Grouper – Ruins (Vinyl) Gil Scott-Heron His first releases were handmadeRuins was made in Aljezur, Portugal in 2011 on a residency set up by Galeria Z dos Bois. While in Portugal, where she stayed in a house owned by the aunt of music director Srgio Hydalgo, Harris listened to records by Carlos Paredes, Nina Simone and Leonard Cohen. Regarding "Call Across Rooms", Harris stated that "the song is on one level very plain and literal, about a letter I wrote for someone I loved and could not get along with. On a more