The Essex Green
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The Essex Green are an indie rock
Indie rock
Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...

 band from Brooklyn, NY. The band is primarily composed of songwriters Jeff Baron, Sasha Bell and Chris Ziter, and specialize in a classic sound inspired by 1960s–1970s pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...

 and folk
Folk music
Folk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers....

 in the tradition of bands like The Left Banke
The Left Banke
The Left Banke is an American baroque pop band that formed in New York City in 1965 and disbanded in 1969. They are best remembered for their two U.S. hit singles, "Walk Away Renée" and "Pretty Ballerina"...

 and Fairport Convention
Fairport Convention
Fairport Convention are an English folk rock and later electric folk band, formed in 1967 who are still recording and touring today. They are widely regarded as the most important single group in the English folk rock movement...

.

History

The band formed from the ashes of the Burlington, Vermont
Burlington, Vermont
Burlington is the largest city in the U.S. state of Vermont and the shire town of Chittenden County. Burlington lies south of the U.S.-Canadian border and some south of Montreal....

 band Guppyboy when members Baron, Bell, Ziter and Michael Barrett moved to Brooklyn
Brooklyn
Brooklyn is the most populous of New York City's five boroughs, with nearly 2.6 million residents, and the second-largest in area. Since 1896, Brooklyn has had the same boundaries as Kings County, which is now the most populous county in New York State and the second-most densely populated...

. The Essex Green formed in 1997, adding drummer Tim Barnes
Tim Barnes
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, and began to play shows around New York. They issued a split-7" single with The Sixth Great Lake (a Guppyboy/Essex Green-related side project) in 1999. They were asked by Robert Schneider
Robert Schneider
Robert Peter Schneider is one of the co-founders of The Elephant 6 Recording Company, along with Will Cullen Hart, Bill Doss, and Jeff Mangum...

 to be a part of The Elephant Six Collective
The Elephant Six Collective
The Elephant 6 Recording Company is a collective of American musicians who spawned many notable independent bands of the 1990s, including The Apples in Stereo, The Olivia Tremor Control, Neutral Milk Hotel, Beulah, Elf Power, Of Montreal, and Circulatory System.-Foundation:The collective was...

 and recorded a self-titled EP, later signing to Kindercore Records
Kindercore Records
Kindercore Records is an independent record label based in Athens, Georgia, which was founded in 1996 by Ryan Lewis and Daniel Geller to document the emerging music scene in Athens, Georgia....

, who released their first full-length album later that year. After a number of tours and the release of some EPs
Extended play
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 and singles, the group signed with Merge Records
Merge Records
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 who released their second album in 2003. After a world tour, they headed back to the studio in fall of 2005 to begin work on their third album, Cannibal Sea
Cannibal Sea
Cannibal Sea is the third album by indie rock band The Essex Green. It was released in March 2006 by Merge Records.-Track listing:# "This Isn't Farmlife" – 4:06# "Don't Know Why " – 3:26# "Penny & Jack" – 2:53# "Snakes in the Grass" – 3:33...

, which was released in March 2006.

Discography

The Essex Green has released a number of albums and singles across a variety of labels.

Albums

  • The Brooklyn Basement Tapes Volume One - 1997?
  • The Brooklyn Basement Tapes Volume Two - 1997?
  • Everything Is Green
    Everything Is Green
    Everything Is Green is the first album by indie rock band The Essex Green. It was released in 1999 by Kindercore Records.-Track listing:#"Primrose"#"The Playground"#"Mrs. Bean"#"Tinker"#"Everything Is Green"#"Sixties"#"Saturday"#"Grass"...

    (CD/LP) - Kindercore - 1999
  • The Long Goodbye
    The Long Goodbye (Essex Green album)
    The Long Goodbye is the second album by indie rock band The Essex Green. It was released in May 2003 on Merge Records.-Track listing:#"By the Sea"#"The Late Great Cassiopia"#"Our Lady in Havana"#"Lazy May"#"Southern States"#"Julia"#"Old Dominion"...

    (CD/LP) - Merge Records - 2003
  • Cannibal Sea
    Cannibal Sea
    Cannibal Sea is the third album by indie rock band The Essex Green. It was released in March 2006 by Merge Records.-Track listing:# "This Isn't Farmlife" – 4:06# "Don't Know Why " – 3:26# "Penny & Jack" – 2:53# "Snakes in the Grass" – 3:33...

    - Merge Records - 2006

Singles and EPs

  • Split single with The Sixth Great Lake (7") - Sudden Shame - 1999
  • Essex Green EP (CD/LP) - Elephant6 - 1999
  • Happy Happy Birthday to Me Singles Club: April (7") - HHBTM - 2000
  • Split single with The Smallgoods (7") - Low Transit Industries - 2003

External links

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