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II

Espers

2006

II

Album Summary

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.

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3.27

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Oct 02 2025
5

Psychedelic folk? Sign me up! This is super interesting. Such a relaxing but still trippy vibe. I definitely need to listen to them more!

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Oct 20 2025
5

It's a bit difficult to truly describe the feelings that album this album evoke accurately. I would start off with saying that it's awesomesauce. Absolutely bonkers. Cool beans. Amazeballs.

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Sep 27 2025
4

This is really nice. 4 stars.

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Sep 27 2025
4

very nice spooky-ish fall weather listening

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Sep 28 2025
4

I listened to this at the beach with my son today, and loved it. I've saved this for a revisit.

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Oct 06 2025
4

Very good

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Oct 16 2025
4

I dug this though it made for a wierd and ominous workout session. I am there for New Wierd Americana neo-folk.

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Oct 04 2025
3

Rating: 6/10 Best songs: Dead king

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Oct 07 2025
3

Weird, unsettling, and darkly seductive.

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Sep 26 2025
3

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.

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Oct 03 2025
3

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.

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Oct 06 2025
3

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.

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Oct 17 2025
3

Wow that first track is a rip off of Taurus by Spirit.

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Sep 25 2025
2

Game of Thrones type music

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Sep 30 2025
2

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.

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Oct 15 2025
2

Folk, psychedelic folk, New Weird America. Muy rollo. Un 2.

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