Washed Out is the operational alias for Atlanta, GA’s Ernest Greene. Greene recorded Within and Without (Washed Out's Sub Pop debut) with Ben Allen, who, among a great many other things, co-produced Animal Collective’s Merriweather Post Pavillion, Gnarls Barkley’s St. Elsewhere and Deerhunter’s Halcyon Digest.

In 2009 Washed Out released two critically-acclaimed EPs; Life of Leisure (Mexican Summer) and High Times (Mirror Universe Tapes).