- The Essex Green
Infobox Musical artist
Name = The Essex Green
Background = group_or_band
Img_capt = The Essex Green, as pictured on the cover of their album "The Long Goodbye"
Years_active = 1997-present
Origin =Brooklyn, NY
Label = Kindercore/Merge
Current_members = Jeff Baron
Sasha Bell
Chris Ziter
Url = [http://www.essexgreen.com www.essexgreen.com]
Genre =Indie rock /indie pop The Essex Green are an
indie rock band fromBrooklyn, 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 andfolk in the tradition of bands likeThe Left Banke andFairport Convention .History
The band formed from the ashes of the
Burlington, Vermont bandGuppyboy when members Baron, Bell, Ziter and Michael Barrett moved toBrooklyn . The Essex Green formed in 1997, adding drummerTim Barnes , and began to play shows around New York. They issued a split-7" single withThe Sixth Great Lake (aGuppyboy /Essex Green-related side project) in 1999. They were asked byRobert Schneider to be a part ofThe Elephant Six Collective and recorded a self-titled EP, later signing toKindercore Records , who released their first full-length album later that year. After a number of tours and the release of some EPs and singles, the group signed withMerge Records 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 ", which was released in March of 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 " (CD/LP) - Kindercore - 1999
* "The Long Goodbye" (CD/LP) - Merge Records - 2003
* "Cannibal Sea " - Merge Records - 2006ingles 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 - 2003External links
* [http://www.essexgreen.com/ The Essex Green] , official site
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* [http://www.stratfordprojects.com/guppyboy Guppyboy]
* [http://svt-psl.colo.netstar.se/default.aspx?entryID=197 Video: Essex Green performs The Long Way Around] for the Swedish site PSL
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