Colleen Green (born 23 October 1984) is an American

indie pop Indie pop (also typeset as indie-pop or indiepop) is a music genre and subculture that combines guitar pop with DIY ethic in opposition to the style and tone of mainstream pop music. It originated from British post-punk in the late 1970s and su ...

musician from

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. She is currently signed to

Hardly Art Hardly Art is an American independent record label based in Seattle, Washington. Founded in early 2007 by Sub Pop Records, Hardly Art is run by three full-time employees and is distributed by the Alternative Distribution Alliance (ADA) and Sub Po ...

records.

Career

Green released her first album, ''Milo Goes to Compton'', in 2011, through Art Fag; it was originally released as a cassette tape. Her sophomore release, ''Sock It To Me'', came out in 2013, now through Hardly Art. Green's third album, ''

I Want to Grow Up ''I Want to Grow Up'' is the third studio album by American indie pop musician Colleen Green, released on February 24, 2015 through Hardly Art. The album's title is a play on the Descendents' ''I Don't Want to Grow Up''. Background ''I Want to G ...

'', her first release to be recorded with a band in a studio, was released on February 24, 2015 to widespread critical acclaim. "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. In September 2015 Green was voted Best Solo Artist by the readers of

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. Her song "Wild One" was featured on the

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. Green has toured through almost all continents. She has played concerts in

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, Chile, Japan,

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, Australia, as well as several countries in

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, such as

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and

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. Green hand draws her merchandising and tour posters. Is missing a tooth.

Discography

Studio albums

Extended plays

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Green, Colleen Singers from Los Angeles American indie pop musicians 1984 births Living people Hardly Art artists 21st-century American women singers 21st-century American singers