Washed Out

Ernest Weatherly Greene (born October 3, 1982) is a singer, songwriter and producer who goes by the professional name Washed Out.

After getting a Master of Library and Information Science degree from the University of Georgia, Greene, unable to find a librarian position, moved back with his parents. He started producing music from a bedroom studio and working on dance music with a local band named Bedroom.

He soon received attention from a number of music blog sites that had heard his work on his MySpace page. He put out two EPs in 2009: High Times and Life of Leisure.

In 2011, he released his first full length album Within and Without on Sub-Pop Records. In 2013, he released his second album Paracosm. And just this June 30th, after a four year wait, he released his latest album on Stone Throw Records, Mister Mellow.

In 2020, amidst the Covid-19 pandemic, Greene released a brandnew LP entitled [Purple Noon] which Pitchfork described as “innocuous, Balearic-influenced makeout jams”.

Note of interest: Washed Out’s “Feel it All Around” is the theme song for the television show Portlandia.