Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill is the fifth studio album by American musician Liz Harris under the stage name Grouper. It was released on June 10, 2008 on Type Records. The album was later reissued alongside Grouper's The Man Who Died in His Boat in 2013 by Kranky.
Mike McGonigal of Pitchfork described Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill as "druggy and sexy and arty and pretty, but never pretentious", calling it "an arresting album of pastoral psychedelic pop".[3]
Reflecting on Deer for its 10th anniversary, Stereogum's Gabriela Tully Claymore credited it with drawing people's attention to Harris' Grouper project. She wrote that it influenced a somewhat "perplexing" fandom despite how unconventional and non-commercial Harris' music was. Claymore also dubbed Deer her "first set of songs that sound like songs."[9]Pitchfork echoed this, noting the tracks as "proper songs" that drew on British folk, devotional music, and "gothic lullabies". Placing it at #6 on their 2018 list of dream pop's 30 best albums, they called its music "crushingly sad" while still giving off "a feeling that art just might save us."[1]
"Fishing Bird (Empty Gutted in the Evening Breeze)"
3:51
7.
"Invisible"
3:55
8.
"I'm Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill"
2:21
9.
"A Cover Over"
2:48
10.
"Wind and Snow"
4:30
11.
"Tidal Wave"
5:35
12.
"We've All Gone to Sleep"
3:03
Total length:
45:41
Referencesedit
^ ab"The 30 Best Dream Pop Albums". Pitchfork. April 16, 2018. p. 3. Retrieved April 24, 2018.
^ abSmith, Robin (February 28, 2013). "Grouper: Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill". PopMatters. Retrieved March 31, 2018.
^ abcMcGonigal, Mike (August 25, 2008). "Grouper: Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill". Pitchfork. Retrieved March 31, 2018.
^Fredette, Meagan (October 27, 2014). "Grouper: Made of Air". Rookie. Retrieved May 12, 2015.
^"Reviews for Dragging A Dead Deer Up A Hill by Grouper". Metacritic. Retrieved March 31, 2018.
^Phares, Heather. "Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill – Grouper". AllMusic. Retrieved March 30, 2018.
^Lewis, Sam (September 26, 2008). . Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on April 1, 2018. Retrieved March 31, 2018.
^"Grouper: Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill". Mojo (181): 102. December 2008.
^"Dragging A Dead Deer Up A Hill Turns 10". Stereogum. June 8, 2018. Retrieved July 18, 2022.
December 18, 2023
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