Washed Out began as a handful of bedroom recordings from the small town of Perry, Georgia, in Earnest Greene's family home. He had been experimenting with the process of songwriting for years before posting the first tracks on his MySpace page, most of which would go on to be a part of the Life of Leisure EP, released in 2010. Those songs - crafted of samples, lyrics and mixing - are reminiscent of a futuristic past, with simplicity, haze, electro-drone, and a bevy of feeling. Which is probably why "Feel it All Around" was chosen as the intro to Portlandia, set to warm images of Portland, Oregon.

The first studio album Within and Without, released on Sub Pop in July 2011, is wrought with the same the simplistic, nostalgic mood and modern subject matter that the album cover suggests. Washed Out is a neatly wrapped package, one vast emotion, an experience.