II is the third album from the band Espers. It was their first to be released on Drag City. The song "Children of Stone" was later covered by Marianne Faithfull on her 2008 album Easy Come, Easy Go. The song 'Mansfield And Cyclops' was also included in The Amorphous Androgynous' A Monstrous Psychedelic Bubble Vol 1 - Cosmic Space Music in the same year.
Psychedelic folk? Sign me up! This is super interesting. Such a relaxing but still trippy vibe. I definitely need to listen to them more!
This is really nice. 4 stars.
very nice spooky-ish fall weather listening
I listened to this at the beach with my son today, and loved it. I've saved this for a revisit.
Very good
I dug this though it made for a wierd and ominous workout session. I am there for New Wierd Americana neo-folk.
Rating: 6/10 Best songs: Dead king
Weird, unsettling, and darkly seductive.
From the opening notes I thought I was going to love this. In the end I really didn't. By Dead King I was down from 4 stars first impression to 2 stars. So I guess fair to split difference.
I don't want to compare to another song, but the beginning of it sounds like another song. And even at 8 mins... I'm sure someone knows. Maybe there's even a lady who knows. I didn't get enough of the lyrics to comment on any of the stories. Overall, not that much there for me.
II was good, not amazing, but a really interesting listen that was never bad but was pretty atmospheric and it never really came across as if it was intended for something else like a soundtrack like a lot of heavily instrumental stuff can. 3.
Wow that first track is a rip off of Taurus by Spirit.
Game of Thrones type music
Espers is categorized as psychedelic folk, and on "II" its sometimes folk-focused and at other times heavily psychedelic. It rarely felt like there was a good balance between the two.
Folk, psychedelic folk, New Weird America. Muy rollo. Un 2.