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I think of Sylvan Esso as a synth-driven project, so it's interesting to hear them launch into a new era with such a guitar-driven song.
"Hot Slob," the North Carolina group's new track out this week, finds the core duo Amelia Meath and Nick Sanborn joined by multi-instrumentalist Jenn Wasner (Flock Of Dimes, Bon Iver, Wye Oak) and drummer TJ Maiani (Weyes Blood, Neneh Cherry). It's loud, it's messy, and it rocks. "Fuck it, yeah I’m phoney but I sell it like its something new," Meath sings. "The truth, the truth, the truth!”
"Hot Slob" follows last fall's "WDID," released along with news that Sylvan Esso were leaving Spotify and moving their music to their own Psychic Hotline label. The new single arrives ahead of a sold-out weeklong residency next week at LA's Sid The Cat Auditorium, where Sylvan Esso will debut their new live configuration. Presumably we can expect some special guests?
Hear "Hot Slob" below, where you can also find Sylvan Esso's newly expanded tour dates.
TOUR DATES:
06/15 - Los Angeles, CA @ Sid the Cat Auditorium
06/16 - Los Angeles, CA @ Sid the Cat Auditorium
06/17 - Los Angeles, CA @ Sid the Cat Auditorium (Psychic Hotline DJ Night)
06/18 - Los Angeles, CA @ Sid the Cat Auditorium
06/19 - Los Angeles, CA @ Sid the Cat Auditorium
06/20 - Los Angeles, CA @ Sid the Cat Auditorium
07/11 - Winnipeg, MB @ Winnipeg Folk Festival
07/31 - Burlington, VT @ Burlington Waterfront Park
09/12 - Abiquiu, NM @ Blossoms & Bones
10/01 - Atlanta, GA @ The Eastern
10/02 - Asheville, NC @ The Orange Peel
10/03 - Asheville, NC @ The Orange Peel
10/05 - Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
10/08 - Durham, NC @ Good Moon
10/09 - Durham, NC @ Good Moon
10/10 - Durham, NC @ Good Moon
10/12 - Philadelphia, PA @ Franklin Music Hall
10/14 - Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Paramount
10/16 - Portland, ME @ State Theatre
10/17 - Boston, MA - Citizens House of Blues
10/19 - Toronto, ON - HISTORY
10/21 - Milwaukee, WI - Riverside Theater
10/22 - Chicago, IL - The Salt Shed Indoors
10/23 - Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue
10/24 - Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue
02/19 - Seattle, WA @ Paramount Theatre
02/20 - Vancouver, BC @ Vogue Theatre
02/22 - Portland, OR @ McMenamins Crystal Ballroom
02/23 - Portland, OR @ McMenamins Crystal Ballroom
02/25 - Oakland, CA - Fox Theater
02/26 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern
03/01 - Del Mar, CA @ The Sound
03/02 - Phoenix, AZ @ The Van Buren
03/04 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Rockwell at the Complex
03/05 - Denver, CO @ Ogden Theatre
03/08 - Austin, TX @ ACL Live at The Moody Theater
03/09 - Dallas, TX @ House of Blues
03/11 - New Orleans, LA @ Tipitina's
03/12 - Birmingham, AL @ Iron City
03/13 - Nashville, TN @ Brooklyn Bowl
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