Artist Essex Chanel
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Essex Chanel
Not many bands can pull off a song about skinny-dipping and have it sound charming instead of creepy, but Essex Chanel is schooled in all kinds of charm, filtered through frontman Travis Lee Wiggins’ vision. In the studio, EC exists as Wiggins grabbing whatever stray instruments seem to be laying around: Casio keyboards abound on “LA Law” and slide guitar prominently anchors “Wasitloveorjustplainfucking,” but live, he leads a backing band through bluegrass-tinged or flat-out rocking versions of his compositions, like the aforementioned “Skinny Dippin’.” As such, it’s hard to pin Essex Chanel down, but there’s nothing wrong with a little bit of unpredictability.
Updated 10/02/2009
