Psychic Hotline
Sylvan Esso - Sylvan Esso
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Recorded
in
a
little
bedroom
studio
out
in
Durham,
North
Carolina,
Amelia
Meath
and
Nick
Sanborn's
debut
LP
as
Sylvan
Esso
arrived
in
2014
at
the
juncture
of
pop
and
experimental.
Even
now,
years
later,
the
LP
remains
an
urgent
and
fitting
introduction
to
a
push-and-pull
that
would
go
on
to
inform
the
duo's
sound
-
a
thoughtful
headiness
that
also
wants
you
to
get
out
on
the
dance
floor.
A
blend
of
analog
and
digital,
Meath
and
Sanborn
were
two
unexpected
puzzle
pieces
fitting
together
with
singular
ease,
producing
a
ten-track
LP
that
was
both
minimalist
and
shimmering,
with
dark
undulations
rippling
beneath
the
synthy-surface
and
crystalline
quality
of
Meath's
voice.
Before
all
of
the
international
touring
and
festival
headlining
and
critical
acclaim,
Sylvan
Esso
was
just
a
shot-in-the
dark
of
musical
chemistry
gone
right.
The
original
album
bio
for
the
self-titled
presciently
sets
the
stage
for
the
thesis
that
has
gone
on
to
guide
Meath
and
Sanborn's
writing
since
then:
"a
collection
of
vivid
addictions
concerning
suffering
and
love,
darkness
and
deliverance"
arriving
as
"a
necessary
pop
balm,
an
album
stuffed
with
songs
that
don't
suffer
the
longstanding
complications
of
that
term."
And
so,
even
as
the
band
continues
to
evolve
and
becomes
amorphous,
there's
still
that
argument
about
what
pop
can
be
at
its
core.
This
is
just
the
beginning
of
that
conversation
captured
on
tape.
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