Sylvan Esso

Release full-band and orchestral
Live At Electric Lady EP

Featuring tribute to Low, and five reimagined highlights from latest album No Rules Sandy

Share cover of Low’s ‘Will The Night’ with Attacca Quartet

Videos of every performance out this Friday 26th May

Only UK shows at London’s Electric Brixton on 6th July SOLD OUT

Previous praise for Sylvan Esso:

“this is Sylvan Esso’s best album yet” - CLASH 8/10

“an immersive, imaginative sound” - NME ★★★★

“they ended up with certainly one of the best things they’ve ever done, if not their best record” - NPR

"a collection of danceable pop songs that feel as mesmerizing as confetti falling to the floor” - NYLON

“From the Broadcast-infused Moving, to the light RnB of Look at Me, and Echo Party’s soft, glitchy beauty and lovely piano that breaks down into a tinny ‘90′s dance party, it is full of playful creativity.” - The Irish Times ★★★★

"Challenges all expectations…an album that celebrates renewed, unconstrained motion: lighthearted on the surface, purposeful at its core.” - The New York Times

“On The North Carolinians' fourth album, Nick Sanborn’s endlessly inventive, LCD Soundystem-like electronica forms the backdrop for Amelia Meath’s chopped and sliced vocals and lyrics that are like snippets from her private musings.” - The Sunday Times

Today, with the release of Sylvan Esso - Live At Electric Lady, Amelia Meath and Nick Sanborn have further reimagined a set of music that already “challenges all expectations” (The New York Times).

Out now on Spotify, followed by a series of stunning in-studio videos coming to YouTube on 26th May HERE, the exclusive EP features sweeping new renditions of five favorites from the band’s acclaimed No Rules Sandy LP, as well as a moving cover of Low’s ‘Will The Night’. Across the six-song collection, Sylvan Esso are joined by the multi GRAMMY Award-winning Attacca Quartet, performing special string arrangements from Gabriel Kahane, as well as a close circle of musicians from the band’s vast and collaborative community: longtime friend Jenn Wasner (Bon Iver, Flock of Dimes, Wye Oak), drummers TJ Maiani (Neneh Cherry, Weyes Blood) and Joe Westerlund (Megafaun, Califone), and guitarist Mason Stoops, who Meath recently met when her duo The A’s toured with Marcus Mumford last fall.

Listen to Sylvan Esso - Live At Electric Lady HERE

Watch their live cover of Low’s ‘Will The Night’, backed by Attaca Quartet HERE

“Both Amelia and I are huge fans of Low and were so sad to hear about Mimi passing,” says Sylvan Esso’s Nick Sanborn. “I can still remember hearing The Curtain Hits The Cast for the first time as a teenager and being immediately struck by ‘Anon’ - they were haunting and visceral in a way I hadn't ever heard before, and I'm still listening to them all these years later. So this past January, when we were putting the setlist together for the Electric Lady session, I knew we were going to have the Attacca Quartet joining us and immediately thought of covering ‘Will The Night’ as a tribute to Mimi. It’s one of my all time favorites of their songs, beautiful and simple and timeless, a light in the darkness.”

The EP’s full, cinematic suite of performance videos will be available this Friday, including the haunting No Rules Sandy closer ‘Coming Back To You’, and an emphatic array of multi-layered highlights like ‘Didn’t Care’, ‘How Did You Know’, ‘Look at Me’, and ‘Your Reality’. The selection shows why the 2022 surprise album has been called “their most personal and experimental project” (Harper’s Bazaar), “bold and defiant” (NME), and “an album that sounds unselfconscious” (NPR Music), currently nominated for Best Electronic Record at the 2023 Libera Awards. During their time recording the performance at the historic NYC studio, they also sat down to discuss the album in a career-spanning profile with ABC News and Good Morning America, in addition to previewing some of the expanded arrangements in a performance on CBS Saturday Morning.

With No Rules Sandy, Sylvan Esso have manifested a “newfound confidence in the longevity and durability of the ban”, as PAPER describes, and beginning next month, Meath and Sanborn will perform the music on their biggest headline tour to date. In addition to appearances at Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza, Mad Cool and other festivals here and abroad, the run of more than 50 shows will bring the band to landmark venues such as NYC’s Forest Hills Stadium, LA’s Greek Theatre, and their first-ever performance at Colorado’s Red Rocks Amphitheatre, which sold out in a matter of days.

Their only UK shows at London’s Electric Brixton on 6th July are both sold-out.

Find tickets at sylvanesso.com/tour and the full list of dates below, featuring support from GRRL, Dehd, Indigo De Souza, Goth Babe and Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul.

Sylvan Esso release 'Live at Electric Lady' EP, featuring tribute to Low, and five reimagined highlights from latest album 'No Rules Sandy' with Attacca Quartet

Sylvan Esso

Release full-band and orchestral
Live At Electric Lady EP

Featuring tribute to Low, and five reimagined highlights from latest album No Rules Sandy

LISTEN VIA SPOTIFY

Share cover of Low’s ‘Will The Night’ with Attacca Quartet

Watch HERE

Videos of every performance out this Friday 26th May

Only UK shows at London’s Electric Brixton on 6th July SOLD OUT

Sylvan Esso release 'Live at Electric Lady' EP, featuring tribute to Low, and five reimagined highlights from latest album 'No Rules Sandy' with Attacca Quartet

Sylvan Esso

Release full-band and orchestralLive At Electric Lady EP

Featuring tribute to Low, and five reimagined highlights from latest album No Rules Sandy

LISTEN VIA SPOTIFY

Share cover of Low’s ‘Will The Night’ with Attacca Quartet

Watch HERE

Videos of every performance out this Friday 26th May

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