Grouplove – Healer (LP) – Red Opaque Vinyl

Album Info Hide Show Artist: Grouplove Album: Healer Released: USA, 2020 Tracklist: A1 Deleter 3:55 A2 Inside Out 3:28 A3 Expectations 5:14 A4 The Great Unknown 3:57 A5 Youth 4:48 B1 Places 3:18 B2 Promises 4:18 B3 Ahead of Myself 3:50 B4 Hail to the Queen 4:16 B5 Burial 4:03 B6 This is Everything 4:08 Info About Buying Vinyl From Our Record Store We are a small independent record store located at 211 High St, Preston in Melbourne, Australia (North of Northcote, between Thornbury & Reservoir) We buy and sell new and used vinyl records – if you have a collection you’d like to sell please click here . We ship Australia wide for a flat rate of $10 for standard shipping or $15 for express post. Free Shipping for orders $150 and over. You can also pick up your order in store, just select Local Pickup at the checkout. We also ship internationally – prices vary depending on weight and location. 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If you change your mind you have 30 days to return your record but you must cover the cost of returning it to the store. You can contact our Melbourne record shop at (03) 9939 3807 or at [email protected] Happy Listening! Description Hide Show Grouploves fourth album, Healer, landed on March 13, 2020, right as venue calendars went blank and tours were pulled down like flyers in a sudden storm. The timing turned out to be strangely fitting for a band that has always pushed joy through the cracks. Healer wears its title with purpose. It is a record about finding a way back to yourself when the noise gets too loud, and it arrived when a lot of us needed a little light. Part of that clarity came from how the band made it. Grouplove teamed with two sharp-eared producers, Dave Sitek and Malay, and you can hear both hands at work. Siteks love of fuzzy edges and saturated guitars gives the album grit in all the right places, while Malay keeps the vocals and hooks shining through. The result is loud, tactile pop rock that doesnt sand off the splinters. It also carries deep personal stakes. Singer and visual artist Hannah Hooper underwent brain surgery in 2018, a life shift she spoke about around the albums release, and you can feel that brush with vulnerability echoing through the writing and the way she and Christian Zucconi lean into each others harmonies. Hooper painted the cover too, another thread that ties the music to the bands own hands. Deleter kicked the door open in early 2020 and became a proper alt-radio moment, topping Billboards Alternative Airplay chart. It thumps on tom-heavy drums and that call-and-response chant you can hear bouncing off festival fields. The guitars scrape and squall, the bass line moves like a crowd in motion, and the hook sticks. It is one of those Grouplove songs that makes you want to shout with strangers, which is exactly what the band built its reputation on back when Tongue Tied first rewired indie dance nights. On Healer they chase that communal spark, then crack it open to see what else is there. The rest of the record keeps a playful, restless heart. You get quick shocks of synth color, percussion that pops from every corner, and big, human gang vocals rising up behind Hooper and Zucconi. Andrew Wessens guitars shift from wiry to widescreen, and Daniel Gleasons bass does the work of glue, especially when the choruses go skyward. There is a tug between neon-bright pop instinct and scuffed-up rock textures, and that push-pull feels honest for a band that came up shouting joy but lived through a few heavy chapters. Even the quieter moments hang onto a pulse, like the album is reminding you to keep moving. All of that momentum made the pandemic shutdown especially cruel. Healer was set up for a spring tour that never really happened beyond a few stripped-back streams, then a long pause. Still, the songs traveled. Fans gravitated to the cathartic stuff and the jagged edges, and you could see Deleter turning into a new setlist anchor as venues reopened. Press at the time picked up on the urgency and the hooks, and the album settled into that sweet spot where longtime fans felt seen and curious newcomers had an easy on-ramp. For folks digging through bins or hunting online for good-sounding modern indie, the Healer vinyl is a tidy way to capture the bands live energy at home. The productions low-end thump and those stacked vocals translate well on wax, and Hoopers artwork looks better full size than it ever will on a phone screen. If youre already collecting Grouplove albums on vinyl, this sits nicely between the sugar-rush glow of Never Trust a Happy Song and the more widescreen Big Mess. If youre trying to buy Grouplove records online, check indie shops first, since they often snag limited color runs. Ive even stumbled across copies in a Melbourne record store while traveling, proof that these things get around. Crate diggers in the region know how lively the scene is for vinyl records Australia wide, and this one tends to disappear fast when it shows up. Healer is also a reminder of why this band endures. Even when the drums are pounding and the choruses are built for a thousand voices, the songs reach for connection, not just volume. Thats what makes Grouplove vinyl such an easy recommendation, and why a spin of Healer can feel like a small reset. Put it on, let the room fill up, and by the time Deleter throws its arms around you, it is hard not to feel a little lighter. Product Reviews Hide Show Write a Review