The Essex Green

The Essex Green
Origin Brooklyn, NY
Genres Indie rock, indie pop, Neo-psychedelia
Years active 1997–2006
Labels Kindercore/Merge
Members Jeff Baron
Sasha Bell
Chris Ziter

The Essex Green were an indie rock band from Brooklyn, NY that released three albums between 1999 and 2006. The band was primarily composed of songwriters Jeff Baron, Sasha Bell and Chris Ziter, and specialized in a classic sound inspired by 1960s–1970s pop and folk in the tradition of bands like The Left Banke and Fairport Convention.

History

The band formed from the ashes of the Burlington, Vermont band Guppyboy when members Baron, Bell, Ziter and Michael Barrett moved to Brooklyn. The Essex Green formed in 1997, adding drummer Tim Barnes, 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 to be a part of The Elephant Six Collective and recorded a self-titled EP, later signing to Kindercore 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 with Merge 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 2006.

Discography

Albums

Singles and EPs

External links

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