Colleen Green

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Colleen Green
Born (1984-10-23) October 23, 1984 (age 39)
Dunstable, Massachusetts, U.S.
Origin Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Genres Indie pop, lo-fi, noise pop, pop punk
Years active2010–present
Labels Hardly Art
Website colleengreen.bandcamp.com

Colleen Green (born 23 October 1984) is an American indie pop musician from Los Angeles, California. She is currently signed to Hardly Art Records. [1]

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Career

Green released her first album, Milo Goes to Compton, in 2011, through Art Fag; it was originally released as a cassette tape. [2] [3] Her sophomore release, Sock It To Me, came out in 2013, now through Hardly Art. [4] [5] Green's third album, I Want to Grow Up , her first release to be recorded with a band in a studio, was released on February 24, 2015 to widespread critical acclaim. [6] [7] "I Want to Grow Up" is her most commercially successful album to date as well. In 2021 she announced "Cool", her fourth album via Hardly Art. [8]

In September 2015 Green was voted Best Solo Artist by the readers of LA Weekly. [9] Her song "Wild One" was featured on the Netflix series Love. [10]

Green has toured almost all continents. She has played concerts in Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Japan, Canada, The United States, and Australia, as well as several countries in Europe, such as England, France, Germany, Scotland, and Belgium. [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17]

Green hand draws her merchandising and tour posters. [18] [19]

Discography

Studio albums

List of albums, with selected details
TitleAlbum details
Milo Goes to Compton
  • Released: 2011
  • Formats: LP, cassette
  • Label: Art Fag
Sock It to Me
  • Released: March 19, 2013
  • Formats: LP, CD, digital download
  • Label: Hardly Art
I Want to Grow Up
  • Released: February 24, 2015
  • Formats: LP, CD, digital download
  • Label: Hardly Art
Casey's Tape / Harmontown Loops
  • Released: September 7, 2018
  • Formats: LP, CD, digital download
  • Label: Infinity Cat Recordings
Cool
  • Released: September 10, 2021
  • Formats: LP, CD, Digital
  • Label: Hardly Art

Extended plays

List of albums, with selected details
TitleAlbum details
Milo Goes to Compton
  • Released: January 2010 (original)
    February 21, 2012
  • Formats: 7", digital download
  • Label: Self-released (original)
    Art Fag
Green One
  • Released: March 1, 2011
  • Formats: 7", digital download
  • Label: Hardly Art
Cujo
  • Released: October 4, 2011
  • Formats: 12", digital download
  • Label: Art Fag
4 Loko 2 Kayla
  • Released: July 2014
  • Formats: CD-R
  • Label: Philthy Phonographic Records
Colleen Green
  • Released: May 13, 2016
  • Formats: Cassette, digital download
  • Label: Infinity Cat Recordings

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