Flowery Noontide – Espers (2004)
In 2002, Greg Weeks, Brooke Sietinsons and Meg Baird form this folk band Espers, from Philadelphia. They are quickly joined by Otto Hauser, Helena Espvall and Chris Smith.
They are inspired by both recent folk bands such as Six Organs of Admittance, and British Folk bands of the end of the 60’s. Indeed, several members of Espers have participated in Nick Castro and Vashti Bunyan albums when they returned under the spotlights.
The Flowery Noontide track, which is extracted from their very first album, released in 2004 at Locust Music, represents perfectly their Psych Folk songs’ atmosphere with flute sounds and Indian instruments that come with a sublime voice.
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24 September 2008 at 3:14 PM
j’adore ce groupe. J’avoue avoir tout de même un préférence pour l’album suivant, “II”, qui est pour moi l’un des meilleurs disques de cette décénie.
2 October 2008 at 2:10 AM
Toujours aussi efficace Espers et j’adore vraiment ce titre… Merci Steker pour ce billet !!