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Philadelphia, United States (2002 – present)

Espers is a neo-psychedelic folk band from Philadelphia. They formed in 2002 as a trio of singer-songwriter Greg Weeks, Meg Baird and Brooke Sietinsons but later expanded to a sextet including Otto Hauser, Helena Espvall and Chris Smith. Their music is reminiscent of late-sixties british folk such as that of Fairport Convention, Pentangle and The Incredible String Band as well as many contemporary folk acts such as Six Organs Of Admittance, Marissa Nadler and Nick Castro and as such their work is often lumped in with the so-called new weird america movement or naturalismo as Devendra Banhart preferred to coin it in 2006. Most of the band’s members have also featured on recordings by a number of other folk artists, old and new, such as Nick Castro and Vashti Bunyan and as a result have become an important part of the psych-folk revival.

They released their self-titled debut, Espers, in 2004 to much acclaim and followed that with an album of cover songs, The Weed Tree, in 2005. This release featured the band’s versions of songs by artists as diverse as Nico, The Durutti Column and Blue Oyster Cult. In 2006 the band released their third full-length Espers II on Drag City Records.

Their fourth album, III, was released on October 20, 2009.

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1	Dead King	86
2	Rosemary Lane	83
3	Caroline	69
4	Dead Queen	68
5	Meadow	67
5	Black Is the Colour	67
7	Byss & Abyss	66
7	Mansfield And Cyclops	66
9	Flowery Noontide	65
10	Cruel Storm	62
11	Riding	60
12	Widow's Weed	59
13	Voices	56
14	Children of Stone	55
15	Afraid	49

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allsoppy4 wrote:
last week

i like this a lot!

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Danny_KILLjoy wrote:
last month

widow's weed

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jump29 wrote:
November 2011

good psychedelic folk.

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Resolutos wrote:
October 2011

Pure awesomeness.

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Vedmax wrote:
September 2011

can not get bored listening to this! beautiffffful stuff

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hastega wrote:
September 2011

decent.

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bkelleher wrote:
July 2011

The Weed Tree never gets old.

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falkmark wrote:
June 2011

The debut album by the swedish psych folk band Valla is out now (www.recordheaven.net). Please visit www.myspace.com/vallamusik for more info and some music.

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imaginary000 wrote:
June 2011

Listening to them for the first time... I really like what I hear.

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LePask wrote:
April 2011

In the forests...

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prince-paradox wrote:
March 2011

where can I get guitar tabs for their songs, especially for 'Cruel Storm' and 'Children of Stone'? inform me if you know, thanks.. :)

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majo334 wrote:
March 2011

beauty....

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shadesdrawn wrote:
February 2011

Review of The Weed Tree: http://colorfulvibes.wordpress.com/2011/02/03/espers-the-weed-tree/

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ManiacForces wrote:
January 2011

Bunch of angels

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sustomines wrote:
December 2010

for the bored, red-eyed, or curious. We are just now making our entrance to lastfm and crave your consumption... http://www.last.fm/user/sustomines/library/playlists/4r3va_grotto_mimosa_music be warm

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vagabondBLUE wrote:
November 2010

hello again,,just spending a freezy frosty day indoors today by my lovely hot crackling log fire ,,played *espers* *espers2** and weed tree,, wow,still body and mind tingling cds,,brillient,,am now playing justin sullivans awsome solo cd "navigating by the stars,, and again,,,wow,, wot can i say other than thank goodness its cold outside today,, im so happy ive stayed in and played these 4 brillient cds,,bliss,,, will have a new model army night playing a few of there cds i think,,all in all A PERFECT DAY XX

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vagabondBLUE wrote:
November 2010

hi to all and any **ESPERS** fans out there on beautiful planet earth,,, my names Blue,,in england,,and would welcome comments AND the Friendship of ANY hippychick **ESPERS**fan out there please,,i LOVE that band and am lucky enough to have seen them 8 times live along with 6 or so brillient solo meg baird gigs here,, hearing them&knowing them enough to chat to is a pure Delight XXX love and peace,,BLUE

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devonmichaels wrote:
October 2010

staying power? more like a whole variety added to a new horizon III displayed so many aspects. This band is beyond amazing.

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JBarracudaL wrote:
October 2010

After a lengthy hiatus from Espers III, I gave it a spin and, my oh my, does it ever bleed of staying power. This band is amazing.

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meowwoofarf wrote:
September 2010

Love.

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