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"Espers is a psych folk band from Philadelphia that is part of the emerging indie folk scene. They formed in 2002 as a trio ofsinger-
songwriter Greg Weeks, Meg Baird and Brooke Sietinsons but later expanded to a sextet including Otto Hauser, HelenaEspvall and
Chris Smith. Their music is reminiscent of late-sixties British folk as well as many contemporary folk acts such asSix 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 ...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 ofsinger-
songwriter Greg Weeks, Meg Baird and Brooke Sietinsons but later expanded to a sextet including Otto Hauser, HelenaEspvall and
Chris Smith. Their music is reminiscent of late-sixties British folk as well as many contemporary folk acts such asSix 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 ÖysterCult. In
2006 the band released their third full-length album, II (presumably so called because it was their second album oforiginal
material), on Drag City Records"
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