Sylvan Esso
The debut LP from Mountain Man's Amelia Meath and Megafaun's Nick Sanborn fills an obvious void. The Durham, NC duo’s fusion of quirky folk and quirky electro-pop would have otherwise been inevitably and awkwardly willed into existence, which is a good starting point for Sylvan Esso—but it’s also their endgame as well.
As part of the a cappella trio Mountain Man, Amelia Randall Meath saw a debut inspired by Appalachian folk music parlay to a backing role for Feist on her Metals tour. Appropriately, Real Estate’s Alex Bleeker recently likened Meath to the Nintendo Game Genie, meaning she could be plugged into any band and fill their…
The crowded electro-folk genre is given a welcome lease of life through this rather seductive debut.
Mountain Man’s Amelia Meath and Megafaun/Made of Oak’s Nick Sanborn represent a study of contrasts. Together as Sylvan Esso…
Emitting a heady and evocative blend of breezy, late-night laptop-pop and glitchy metropolitan folk, Sylvan Esso's sophisticated confections fall somewhere between the fractured tabletop buzz of Tune-Yards and the breezy indie pop cinematics of Feist.
Everyone and their grandmother is making electronic music these days, but even so, Sylvan Esso is still quite an unexpected project.
Review of Sylvan Essos' self-titled album, it comes out on May 13th on Partisan. The first single of the is "Coffee", Sylvan Esso play 5/8 in New york City