"Espers is a psych folk band from Philadelphia that is part of the emerging indie folk scene. 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 as well as many contemporary folk acts such as
Six Organs of Admittance...
...They released their self-titled debut in 2004 on Locust Music and followed that with an album of cover songs, The Weed Tree,
in 2005. This release featured the band's versi ...read more
"Espers is a psych folk band from Philadelphia that is part of the emerging indie folk scene. 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 as well as many contemporary folk acts such as
Six Organs of Admittance...
...They released their self-titled debut in 2004 on Locust Music 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 Öyster
Cult. In 2006 the band released their third full-length album, II (presumably so called because it was their second album of
original material), on Drag City Records.
