This is really nice. 4 stars.
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.
This is really nice. 4 stars.
I listened to this at the beach with my son today, and loved it. I've saved this for a revisit.
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.
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.