The Essex Green

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Essex Green is the name of an Elephant Six indie rock band from Brooklyn, NY. Comprised of pemanent members Jeff Baron, Sasha Bell and Chris Ziter, along with Mike Barrett and Tim Barnes, they formed in 1997 and were later signed to Kindercore Records, who released their first album later that year.

After 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 of 2006.

1	Don't Know Why (You Stay)	311
2	Rue de Lis	192
3	Our Lady In Havana free download	188
4	Snakes in the Grass	183
5	Penny & Jack	176
5	Sin City	176
7	Cardinal Points	158
8	This Isn't Farmlife	155
9	Rabbit	149
10	Uniform	137
11	The Pride	126
12	Elsinore	125
13	Slope Song	114
14	By The Sea	84
15	Lazy May	79

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Cannibal Sea
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Winter Sprinter Festival 2004
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Everything Is Green
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The Essex Green E6 EP
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yourkipaishot wrote:
17 days ago

DotsDisconnect, I think your ears are not functioning properly.

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DotsDisconnect wrote:
last month

this band is quite terrible. Zero 7 is not.

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Fixateur wrote:
last month

Kind of remind me of the Decemberists... Check out Zero 7 also (for the great vocals) !

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nocathedral wrote:
last month

i absolutely adore sasha bell's vocals.. is there anything else other than essex green/ladybug transistor/finishing school/6th great lake that i should know about?

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IamtheSunKing wrote:
June 2008

wow, this band is amazing

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aurelliolcd wrote:
June 2008

yeaah!!!!

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balikye wrote:
June 2008

I really truly do believe I'm in love.

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megcab wrote:
May 2008

<3

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aiddu wrote:
May 2008

delightful; <3 rabbit

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[deleted-user] wrote:
May 2008

sounds very good!!!
aujRLY wrote:
May 2008

this is so lovely.

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pifflola wrote:
May 2008

I have so many beautiful memories listening to this band. I actually was in Essex at the time I first heard them...beautiful music ~ genius!

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aurelliolcd wrote:
April 2008

is great!!

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Jones82 wrote:
March 2008

Cannibal Sea is a pop masterpiece

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KateLurksLate wrote:
March 2008

Their harmonies are wonderful.

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colorfuldreams wrote:
March 2008

amazing and great. *o* our lady in havana. n_n

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optimistic_tour wrote:
January 2008

I truly dig this. They keyboards are warm & comfy sounding. Yes.

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Soulshiiine wrote:
December 2007

great great band.

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swirlyboy wrote:
October 2007

Our Lady in Havana is wonderfully happy stuff...;)

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returnticket wrote:
September 2007

totally agree, they are painfully underrated.

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