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Artist
Esmé
12+ albums
post-hardcorerockelectronic
about
Esmé is currently a four-piece rock band from Atlanta, Georgia including members Johnathan White (guitar/electronics), Eric Wilkes (vocals), and Toby Weston (drums). Their official website can be found at www.myspace.com/esme. They formed in 2004 with Eric Wilkes (vocals), Johnathan White (guitar), David Hart (bass, later guitar) and Matt Bankston (drums). Shortly after, bassist Scotty joined the band (David moved to guitar). In early 2005, they released their first EP, For The Ones We Lost. While gaining popularity through touring and playing in the local area, Esmé went through several line up changes. Matt was replaced with drummer Greg Levitt. After playing throughout the remainder of 2005, they added a new singer Donny Evans and Geoff replaced Scotty on bass late that year. On early 2006, they announced their new EP, Wings For The Wounded. A demo acoustic version of Parallels was released on their Myspace page in April of 2006. The complete EP was released on June 17, 2006. Later that year, Philip Burns (bass) took over on bass duties. Esmé continued touring through 2006 and in early 2007 the band participated in the Ernie Ball Battle of the Bands to for a chance to play at Taste of Chaos 2007 at the Duluth, GA stop. Released around the same time was a new song, Failure Said The Critic. Esmé remained in the top number of plays and songs through out the contest and won. A couple of months later, The Case (Rough Mix) was made available for public download o
