Grouper’s Liz Harris Reunites Her Shoegaze Band Helen

Helen, the shoegaze trio of Grouper’s Liz Harris, bassist Scott Simmons, and drummer Jed Bindeman, have announced their first album in over a decade. Linda’s Head arrives October 2 via Kranky—11 years after the band’s lone studio LP, 2015’s The Original Faces. Below, hear two songs from the album—the title track and “Dead Shark II”—and check out the cover art.

The last grouper album, Shade, came out in 2021. This September, Harris will play a mini-tour of six shows across the U.S. and Canada, with dates in Chicago, Toronto, Montreal, New York City, Washington, D.C., and Kingston, New York.

Revisit the review of The Original Faces.