Dig into this week’s Saturday Alternative playlist! The Fitting Room album was Hardly Electronic by The Essex Green – out now on Merge Records.
The Essex Green were associated with the Elephant 6 collective back in the 90’s – the same group of musicians that gave us indie rock royalty like Neutral Milk Hotel, Apples in Stereo, Elf Power and others. That said, the Brooklyn-band has been quiet since ’06 when their last album, Cannibal Sea, was released. Well now they’re back, and that silence has been replaced by an exuberant blast of bright, harmony-laden psychedelic pop that is sure to satisfy longtime fans and newcomers alike. Hardly Electronic is out now on Merge Records, and for those who have been itching for the kind of charming and infectious indie pop sounds that were once so prevalent on the scene, this album offers up a lot of that and more.
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Sorrow – Wilderado – Favor EP
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Pressure – Flasher – Constant Image
Cracker Drool – Goat Girl
MJ – Now, Now – Saved
May I Be the Light – LUMP – LUMP
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Go Tell Everybody – The Rock*A*Teens – Sixth House
My Boy (Twin Fantasy) – Car Seat Headrest – Twin Fantasy
Side Tracked – Born Ruffians
Love Said (Let’s Go) – 77:78 – Jellies
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Get Gone – Mikaela Davis – Delivery
Panic Attack – Liza Anne – Fine By Dying
Voyage Libre – Thievery Corporation – Treasures from the Temple
Baru – Chancha Via Circuito – Bienaventuranza
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The Beginning – Andy Bopp – Wherewithal
I’m Out Mine – Dommengang – Love Jail
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Plastic Skeletons – Jealous of the Birds
Bellarine – Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever – Hope Downs
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Soft Spoken – Naia Izumi
Look at Your Hands – Tune-Yards – I can feel you creep into my private life
Better Off – Clap Your Hands Say Yeah – The Tourist
The Ballad of Simon Love – Simon Love – Sincerely, S. Love X
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Los Lonely Girls – Sweet Spirit
Oh My – Natalie Prass – The Future and the Past
Leave It In My Dreams – The Voidz – Virtue
Cut Me Off – Madeline Kenney – Perfect Shapes
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Oh Dear Brother – Howard
Follow Me – The Shacks
Cola Falls – The Mary Onettes
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Baby Face – Gold Star – Uppers & Downers
Street Fighter Mas – Kamasi Washington – Heaven and Earth
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Tieduprightnow – Parcels
Ache – Trevor Powers
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Love the Way You Are – Yukon Blonde – Critical Hit
Happy Man – Jungle
Corporation – Jack White – Boarding House Reach
Why For – Yuno – Moodie
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Sloane Ranger – The Essex Green – Hardly Electronic
Don’t Leave It In Our Hands – The Essex Green – Hardly Electronic
Modern Rain – The Essex Green – Hardly Electronic
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Magic City – Gorillaz – The Now Now
Find Me – Porches – The House
Easy Money – Westerman
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No Use Waiting – Jim James – Uniform Distortion
