What Now

Pitchfork 7.2/10 The sophomore album from the electronic pop duo offers a biting, withering take on pop music, full of crisp humor while still finding real moments of tenderness.

A.V. Club A Sylvan Esso’s self-titled debut—one of 2014’s best records—felt like a gorgeous click, the sound of two musicians previously focused on vastly different types of music who somehow fit together like sonic puzzle pieces. Nick Sanborn had been making beat-heavy soundscapes as Made Of Oak when he met Amelia Randall Meath,…

The Line of Best Fit 8/10 The North Carolina duo take a tongue-in-cheek jab at pop music on the deceptively catchy What Now.

The Skinny 3/5 Mostly, What Now feels bigger and brasher than Sylvan Esso's 2014 debut, perhaps to avoid politely slipping into the background quite so easily.

Under The Radar 7.5/10 Undeniably, the respective talents of singer Amelia Meath and producer Nick Sanborn, the team that is Sylvan Esso, were made for each other.

Clash 8/10 The second instalment since Sylvan Esso’s self-titled debut, it bristles with absolute transition from both Meath and Sanborn. Markedly the weight

The Observer 4/5 (Loma Vista)

Slant 4/5 What Now treats music as a force that’s cathartic and ephemeral but just as often deceiving.