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Most of the band's members have also featured on recordings by a number of other folk artists such as Nick Castro and Vashti Bunyan and as a result have become an important part of the psych-folk revival. \nThey released their self-titled debut in 2004 on Locust Music and followed that with an album of cover songs, The Weed Tree, in 2005. This release featured the band's versions of songs by artists as diverse as Nico, The Durutti Column and Blue Öyster Cult. In 2006 the band released their third full-length album, II (presumably so called because it was their second album of original material), on Drag City Records. Their fourth album, III, was released on October 20, 2009.\u003c/p\u003e","musicPath":"/music/Espers","playStationPath":"/stations/280763091/play","stationId":280763091,"bioPath":"/music/Espers/_full_bio","similars":[{"musicPath":"/music/Diane+Cluck","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/7aa/7aa47a708fdc49877138101e51a44c9b_md.jpg","artistName":"Diane Cluck","artistId":110571,"station_id":282142097},{"musicPath":"/music/Castanets","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/48b/48b8a65e07142df601277c91253f9802_md.jpg","artistName":"Castanets","artistId":13247,"station_id":116363758},{"musicPath":"/music/Alela+Diane","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/b85/b854dc7f64622f6efb06bfdb4c8ca1ae_md.jpg","artistName":"Alela Diane","artistId":13804,"station_id":114284381},{"musicPath":"/music/This+Is+The+Kit","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/34b/34bc6ca1063e0864823a224be4d2152e_md.jpg","artistName":"This Is The Kit","artistId":353731,"station_id":392977283},{"musicPath":"/music/Julian+Lynch","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/6f7/6f7fbcbe46285f8b18caa3e8169281fa_md.jpg","artistName":"Julian Lynch","artistId":83184,"station_id":268797983},{"musicPath":"/music/Dirty+Projectors","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/ad4/ad42fe2a3838595670dd24703741b320_md.jpg","artistName":"Dirty Projectors","artistId":14039,"station_id":114293655},{"musicPath":"/music/Bowerbirds","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/a55/a5578fb6245795ac7d223e3be8fba53d_md.jpg","artistName":"Bowerbirds","artistId":33821,"station_id":173723826},{"musicPath":"/music/Meg+Baird","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/346/346d0b33a3d2b25d5f9aa7f517b14460_md.jpg","artistName":"Meg Baird","artistId":116549,"station_id":283090773},{"musicPath":"/music/U+S+Girls","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/2ad/2ad659a5e7a32f4dc130e951f13edcfe_md.jpg","artistName":"U.S. Girls","artistId":282113,"station_id":373564483},{"musicPath":"/music/Tune+Yards","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/c03/c0306de3327919948dd724431e1d2891_md.jpg","artistName":"Tune-Yards","artistId":82249,"station_id":268546294},{"musicPath":"/music/Here+We+Go+Magic","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/dd2/dd200131b98f93886bbd20e8ceca6013_md.jpg","artistName":"Here We Go Magic","artistId":14972,"station_id":126919478},{"musicPath":"/music/EMA","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/1dd/1dd8556b78fa8ab49761b7e102a7320a_md.jpg","artistName":"EMA","artistId":85606,"station_id":269446773},{"musicPath":"/music/CocoRosie","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/a74/a740825d10856c4ede7e59ce3094f0be_md.jpg","artistName":"CocoRosie","artistId":973,"station_id":113283026},{"musicPath":"/music/Mariee+Sioux","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/93e/93e31a8b9023f656f54630c05f2f22e8_md.jpg","artistName":"Mariee Sioux","artistId":107004,"station_id":281862269},{"musicPath":"/music/Jonathan+Wilson","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/873/8734bfee1b4695e732b1291ab1a4ede1_md.jpg","artistName":"Jonathan Wilson","artistId":373748,"station_id":395546109},{"musicPath":"/music/Tiny+Vipers","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/950/9500eae29b6b5af67359ed1a283476d7_md.jpg","artistName":"Tiny Vipers","artistId":14019,"station_id":113290524},{"musicPath":"/music/Tunng","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/b39/b3976b863f01098cf14659b5e95024bf_md.jpg","artistName":"Tunng","artistId":11712,"station_id":113823558},{"musicPath":"/music/wooden+wand","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/585/58534801e3d211972f5440c0cbaf850b_md.jpg","artistName":"wooden wand","artistId":122841,"station_id":283793178}]}