Thor Harris
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Thor Harris

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7 February 1965
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Thor Harris (born February 7, 1965) is a musician, painter, and carpenter. He was the percussionist for Swans (2010–2016). He has performed with Shearwater (2001– 2010), a band from Austin, Texas, Bill Callahan, The Angels of Light, Lisa Germano, Gretchen Phillips, Devendra Banhart, Rebecca Cannon, Swans, & Amanda Palmer and the Grand Theft Orchestra. He has recorded six instrumental albums with the Austin producer Rob Halverson. He also contributed to Ben Frost's 2014 album, Aurora.

Discography

  • Fields of Innards (1999, Thor Harris and Rob Halverson)
  • New Mother (1999, Angels of Light on Young God Records)
  • Robinson Ear's Little Whirled of Sound (2000, Rob Halverson)
  • The Dissolving Room (2001, Shearwater on Grey Flat)
  • Everybody Makes Mistakes (2002, Shearwater on Misra)
  • One Night Only (2002, Rob Halverson)
  • Winged Life (2004, Shearwater on Misra)
  • Rejoicing in the Hands (2004, Devendra Banhart on Young God)
  • Niño Rojo (2004, Devendra Banhart on Young God)
  • Second Whirled (2004, Rob Halverson)
  • A River Ain't Too Much to Love (May 31, 2005; Smog (Bill Callahan))
  • Palo Santo (2006, Shearwater on Misra)
  • Woke on a Whaleheart (April 17, 2007; Bill Callahan on Drag City)
  • Rook (2008, Shearwater)
  • Drums and Drunken Circuit Bender (2009, Thor Harris, Rob Halverson, and Bill Callahan))
  • The Golden Archipelago (2010, Shearwater)
  • My Father Will Guide Me Up a Rope to the Sky (2010, Swans)
  • Fields of Innards II (2010 Thor Harris and Rob Halverson)
  • The Seer (2012, Swans)
  • Dream River (2013, Bill Callahan on Drag City)
  • To Be Kind (2014, Swans)
  • A U R O R A (2014, Ben Frost)
  • The Glowing Man (2016, Swans)
  • Thor and Friends (2016, Thor and Friends)