The Northern Irish quartet arrived on a wave of confidence and unity, but after a year peppered with international acclaim and broken bones they lost their founding guitarist. Kiran Acharya spoke to the band about the recording of second album Gangs
As Liz Harris releases her astonishing new Grouper album Ruins, she guides us through her musical life from the ghosts of her early years via echoing former industrial spaces in the Pacific Northwest to risk-taking and sleep deprivation. Portrait by Jason Bokros