Foggy Notions presents... The Essex Green & very special guests: Just added to the bill: Viking Moses – fresh from a tour support with Micah P. Hinson and just signed to Alan McGee’s Poptones label, from Tunas, Missouri, full band show feat. Goodtime John and more. And Dublin fop-pop darlings Michael Knight. Viking Moses (www.myspace.com/vikingmoses) Michael Knight (www.myspace.com/michaelknightie) Whelan’s, Dublin October 19. Tickets: €15 plus booking fee WAV , City Discs & Road Records Foggy Notions is pleased as punch to present one of the mightiest forces in indie-pop today, The Essex Green. Listening to The Essex Green’s third long player, Cannibal Sea, is like leafing through a songbook of classic pop. These 12 songs blend the old with the new, incorporating the country rock mood of The Byrds, the Greenwich balladry of Fred Neil and the acoustic pop harmonising of the Mamas and The Papas. Add a little of the pure pop perfection of The Monkees to traces of contemporary artists such as The Shins, The Hidden Cameras and Jens Lekman and you have The Essex Green’s recipe for timeless pop that is classic without being retro. ‘…overflows with pristine melodies and sugary harmonies.’ 8/10 – NME ‘Full of uplifting guitar pop draped in luscious harmonies… The Essex Green are the US equivalent of The Magic Numbers.’ 5/5 – The Independent 'The Essex Green have joined The New Pornographers and The Shins among indie-pop’s most insinuating and accomplished bands.’ 4/5 – Uncut 'Stuffed with chiming guitar pop laced with alluring boy/girl harmonies and winsome melodies that linger in the mind for hours.’ 5/5 – The Independent Music supplement ‘The Essex Green’s third album is their best yet. The songwriting is great and the vocals superb. Belle and Sebastian and Concretes’ fans listen in.’ 4/5 – Stool Pigeon