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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	Can't See Clear	243
2	Caroline	241
3	The Road of Golden Dust	236
4	Dead King full track	224
5	Widow's Weed	213
6	Rosemary Lane	211
6	Mansfield And Cyclops	211
8	Dead Queen	210
9	Cruel Storm	206
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11	That Which Darkly Thrives	192
11	Sightings	192
13	Flowery Noontide full track	190
14	Voices full track	181
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Percivalistic wrote:
last week

Saw them on Saturday. Excellent stuff.

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Atitlan wrote:
14 days ago

Love Espers II - I haven't got any of the other albums yet. They remind me very much of All About Eve.

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dying-is-fine wrote:
15 days ago

espers II is wonderful.

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anna_c_robbiati wrote:
15 days ago

hey! check out our ESPERS VIDEO INTERVIEW @ http://themistakenpress.blogspot.com/2009/12/on-road-espers.html thanks

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thewillowmusic wrote:
23 days ago

Amazing, always amazing

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rachcouture wrote:
last month

Really liking the new record even though the feeling is different from their previous effort(s).

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nigeyb wrote:
last month

Looking forward to the gig in Brighton this Wednesday.

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rolo83 wrote:
last month

US tour plz.

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mattribute wrote:
last month

http://thepigeonpost.wordpress.com/2009/11/12/greg-weeks-q-a/

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Dazen1 wrote:
last month

Espers make beautiful music.

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Eitttlane wrote:
last month

III isn't as great as the previous releases but still had some solid stuff on there.lovely band indeed!

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greene1994 wrote:
last month

the first band i found off of last.fm... coincidentally, i'm getting back into them at the same time of year. such great music for the transition between autumn and winter...

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jftman wrote:
last month

This is magic!

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sean_lew wrote:
last month

totally love this album, it has a really great flow. I think I like it more than anything else they've done.

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balzadelia wrote:
last month

definitely a moonbathing album so very smooth soft and sumptuous

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JBarracudaL wrote:
October 2009

Some people can be so hard to please. III is at the very least erection-worthy.

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SOmega wrote:
October 2009

I don't know why so many people are saying that III is bad, in my humble opinion it's great, and i dare to say that it's on the same level as II, maybe even better... With each play every track from III gets way better. I just tabbed my favorite song from III - Caroline, check out my ultimate guitar profile and I hope you'll enjoy it. There's also several Espers songs that i've tabbed. http://profile.ultimate-guitar.com/somega/contributions/tabs/

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homestar2525 wrote:
October 2009

III is solid enough. But I prefer the acid-drenched II... more wacky experimentation and more beauty, if that can be measured.

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miles_of_smiles wrote:
October 2009

Hello all - Meg Baird is playing with Jack Rose at Cecil sharp House in London on Sunday 8th November. http://www.last.fm/event/1167018+Jack+Rose+at+Cecil+Sharp+House+on+8+November+2009 Other upcoming shows: 04/12/09 Six Organs of Admittance/Voice of the Seven Woods +1 tbc, Bush Hall 17/12/09 Tall Firs/ Hush Arbors/Dean McPhee, Cafe Oto http://www.milesofsmiles.co.uk

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falkmark wrote:
October 2009

I am no longer so sure if III is their most experimental album. It does not really matter either... It's still a brilliant album.

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