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Jessamine is tagged as: space rock, post-rock, shoegaze, psychedelic, experimental

Jessamine was a four-piece psychedelic rock and drone rock band from Galion, Ohio, United States formed in 1992.
Like a few people, Kranky first became aware of Jessamine in 1994 when we got a hold of their debut, self-released seven inch single. Wrapped in silver paper and bearing the logo of the Silver Apple label, and an Alan Vega cover, the band was sending out signals to those willing to receive them. A second single followed and Kranky was able to sign the Seattle-based quartet.
To play wavering, keyboard heavy music in mid-90s Seattle was no small feat, Jessamine were swimming against a flannel tide. Guitarist Rex Ritter moved to the Pacific Northwest from Ohio (where he played in a band with his brother who contributed drums to some of the early Jessamine recordings) and met up with keyboardist Andy Brown and bassist/singer Dawn Smithson.
After signing on the dotted line and getting some recording equipment, the band recorded over the course of three months with the band rehearsing, taping and playing live shows to hammer down the material before finishing basic tracks in two days.
The self-titled Jessamine debut album came wrapped in translucent paper and received accolades in the press.
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Top 10 Jessamine Songs
...Or What You Mean
Secret
Another Fictionalized History
Say What You Can
Ordinary Sleep
Royal Jelly Eye Cream
You Have Ugly Talents, Martha
Cellophane
Inevitably
Periwinkle
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Jessamine
The Long Arm of Coincidence
Don't Stay Too Long
Another Fictionalized History
Long Arm of Coincidence
Living Sound
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