II (Espers album)

II
Studio album by Espers
Released May 16, 2006
Recorded October - December 2005, Hexham Head Sound Laboratories, Philadelphia, PA
Genre Folk music, Psych folk, New Weird America
Length 50:01
Label Drag City
Producer Greg Weeks
Espers chronology
The Weed Tree
(2005)		 II
(2006)		 III
(2009)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Dusted Magazine (mixed) [2]
The Guardian [3]
The Independent [4]
musicOMH [5]
The New York Times (positive) [6]
Pitchfork Media (7.9/10) [7]
Stylus Magazine (A-) [8]
The Village Voice (mixed) [9]
Yahoo! Music [10]

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.

Track listing

  1. "Dead Queen" – 8:13
  2. "Widow's Weed" – 6:51
  3. "Cruel Storm" – 5:17
  4. "Children of Stone" – 8:54
  5. "Mansfield and Cyclops" – 5:57
  6. "Dead King" – 8:02
  7. "Moon Occults the Sun" – 6:47

References

  1. ^ http://www.allmusic.com/album/r824951
  2. ^ http://www.dustedmagazine.com/reviews/2906
  3. ^ http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2006/jul/28/popandrock.shopping4
  4. ^ http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/album-espers--none-onestar-twostar-threestar-fourstar-fivestar-409490.html
  5. ^ http://www.musicomh.com/albums/espers-2_0806.htm
  6. ^ http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/15/arts/music/15choi.html?pagewanted=2
  7. ^ http://pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/36536-ii
  8. ^ http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/espers/ii.htm
  9. ^ http://www.villagevoice.com/2006-06-13/music/city-slicker-rural-folkies-get-the-led-out/
  10. ^ http://uk.launch.yahoo.com/060803/33/20iyg.html

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