Courtesy of Hopscotch Music Festival Given the name one might assume that Sylvan Esso is some sort of mystical Eastern European troubadour, but that couldn’t be farther from the truth. The side project of Mountain Man‘s Amelia Meath and Megafun‘s Nick Sanborn, the duo makes music wholly unlike either of their original bands. A combination … Read more
I make no qualms about my adoration for Mountain Man and, in particular, the lovely Amelia Meath who sings with them. Their debut album, Made The Harbor, has been a constant fixture on my turntable for the last year or so, and it’s doubtful that will change until they release another album (God willing). Meath has been … Read more
Some would call it premature to claim that a band who has only officially released three songs is, in fact, the second coming of Christ in musical form. But those people have clearly never listened to Sylvan Esso. We at SiC are unabashed about our love of this holy union of Amelia Meath and Nick … Read more
Bear in Heaven will be releasing their new album, I Love You, It’s Cool, on April 3rd via Dead Oceans/Hometapes. But, you can hear it now. Sort of. The trio from Brooklyn began streaming their latest finished project back on December 11th, only they slowed down the playback by about 400,000%, so all you’ll hear … Read more