These records arrived the day after the election. Their meaning changed for me. Initially I thought of these as simple, sad songs. As I held one in my hand I instead noticed, felt glad for, the bright color; image of the sun, noticed instead points of light in each song.

“Headache” is about grief, but also survival and resilience. “I’m Clean Now” finds an appreciation of failed love by re-describing it as landscape, without judgment. Not a celebration of loss, more pagan / feral; an acknowledgement of its power. Wind passing through a valley, shaking heads of wild flowers.

Heads of Wild Flowers: An Interview with Grouper’s Liz Harris – http://thefanzine.com/heads-of-wild-flowers-an-interview-with-groupers-liz-harris/

2K16 – songs

Side A

01. Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein – Stranger Things
02. Frank Ocean – Nights
03. D.R.A.M. – Cash Machine
04. Chance The Rapper – Summer Friends
05. Solange – Cranes in the Sky
06. Isaiah Rashad – Silkk da Shocka (feat. Syd)
07. Domo Genesis – Faded In The Moment
08. BADBADNOTGOOD – Time Moves Slow (feat. Sam Harris)
09. Julianna Barwick – Beached
10. Alex Cameron – She’s Mine
11. Gold Panda – Song For A Dead Friend
12. Kanye West – Real Friends
13. How To Dress Well – Lost Youth/Lost You
14. Frank Ocean – White Ferrari
15. The Range – Five Four
16. Bon Iver – 00000 Million

Side B

01. Skeletons – All I Want Is You
02. PUP – Sleep In The Heat
03. Blowout – Get Loud
04. Modern Baseball – Mass
05. Frankie Cosmos – Fool
06. Angel Olsen – Sister
07. Hazel English – Make It Better
08. Pinegrove – Aphasia
09. John K. Samson – Select All Delete
10. Jeff Rosenstock – Blast Damage Days
11. Mitski – Your Best American Girl
12. Whitney – No Matter Where We Go
13. Father John Misty – Real Love Baby
14. Get Well Soon – It’s Love
15. Hello Shark – Jackson Browne
16. Told Slant – Sweater
17. Cave People – Sinning Tree
18. Martha – Do Nothing