The Essex Green

The Essex Green is an indie rock band from Brooklyn, NY that released three albums between 1999 and 2006. The band is primarily composed of songwriters Jeff Baron, Sasha Bell and Chris Ziter, and specializes 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

• 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 - 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

• The Essex Green, official site
• The Essex Green at AllMusic
• the Sixth Great Lake at AllMusic
• Guppyboy
• Video: Essex Green performs The Long Way Around for the Swedish site PSL