The California

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The California
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EP by
Dressy Bessy
ReleasedNovember 2000
Genre Pop, Indie
Length14:02
Label Kindercore
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The California is an EP released in 2000 by Dressy Bessy on Kindercore. [1]

The Riverfront Times called the album "a textbook example of the Elephant 6 formula". [2]

Track listing

  1. "California" – 02:45
  2. "Some Better Days" – 02:16
  3. "Super Everything" – 02:33
  4. "Hangout Wonderful" – 03:16
  5. "In the Morning" – 03:13

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References

  1. The California EP - Dressy Bessy | Album | AllMusic , retrieved 2024-06-22
  2. Harnish, Matt. "Dressy Bessy". Riverfront Times. Retrieved 2024-06-22.