The Essex Green - The Long Goodbye Scene

The Essex Green - The Long Goodbye SceneDebut follow up albums have a dreaded reputation for falling short of their predecessors. The Essex Green bucked the odds and delivered a masterwork release with The Long Goodbye in 2003. The band's core trio of Sasha Bell, Jeff Baron, and Chris Ziter were fresh out of the influential Elephant 6 stables with their stunning twin releases, a self titled extended play and the classic full length Everything Is Green. Compared to the psychedelic swirl and

Willie Nelson's 1996 album Spirit is an emotional concept album illustrating the forlorn tale of a man abandoned by the great love of his life

This special edition also includes a bonus 7" of the two album tracks

‘fade into the dawn

which helped land Mancari dates with the likes of Margo Price

garage rock rough diamond

Jason Isbell also contributed his Hendrix-esque guitar work to Eraserland

Jones reflects on the brevity — the fleetingness — of all things

Their relationships with each other suffered and this was later described as the darkest time of their career

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honest themes and clear

but no less haunting

while their releases have grown more broodingly cinematic