The Essex Green Hardly Electronic CD

Formed in Brooklyn in 1998, The Essex Green released four albums between 1999 and 2006. They became one of the few bands from the Northeast to be associated with the groundbreaking Elephant 6 Collective. Their unique blend of harmony-infused pop music culminated in the 2006 release of Cannibal Sea. Sasha Bell, Jeff Baron, and Christopher Ziter were last seen together in the late aughts, waving from their van as they bid farewell to Brooklyn. And then, the unthinkable: The Essex Green went silent. But why? Legal cannabis? Climate change? Bad oysters? Nothing so dramatic. It was a simple promise made among them to chase down their separate dreams: Baron to build a houseboat and navigate the mighty Allegheny, Monongahela, and Ohio Rivers; Ziter to return to his home state of Vermont and lead local fermentation efforts; and Bell to decamp to Montana to study elk rutting.

1. Sloane Ranger 2. The 710 3. Don't Leave It in Our Hands 4. In the Key of Me 5. Modern Rain 6. Catatonic 7. Patsy Desmond 8. Bye Bye Crow 9. Waikiki 10. January Says 11. Slanted By Six 12. Smith ; 9th 13. Another Story 14. Bristol Sky