Free Love (album) explained

Free Love
Type:studio
Artist:Sylvan Esso
Cover:Sylvan Esso - Free Love.png
Released:September 25, 2020
Recorded:2019–2020[1]
Length:29:14
Label:Loma Vista
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Free Love is the third studio album by American indie pop duo Sylvan Esso, made up of singer Amelia Meath and multi-instrumentalist Nick Sanborn, released on September 25, 2020, by Loma Vista Recordings.[2]

In a September 25, 2020 live listening party on NPR Music, the band stated that the album cover photo is of Nick leaning out of a Koreatown window observing the October 2019 Saddleridge Fire.

In lieu of a large album release party, the band hosted a multimedia art project on their website. The project included a video[3] with a 20 minute improvised modular set by Nick (sampling from the album), interviews with music video directors, various art pieces by Nathaniel Russell, an improvised dance by Emma Portner to "Numb", a song dedicated to the band by Jeff Tweedy and a DJ set by Merrill Garbus of tUnE-yArDs.

Personnel

Sylvan Esso

Additional personnel

Notes and References

  1. Sylvan Esso on 'Free Love,' being married, and looking inward. Carley. Brennan. Entertainment Weekly. September 23, 2020. September 25, 2020.
  2. Web site: Sylvan Esso – 'Free Love' review: a sonic tug-of-war that's light on the duo's trademark bops. Krol. Charlotte. NME. September 23, 2020. September 26, 2020.
  3. Web site: Sylvan Esso – Opening Night YouTube. . September 24, 2020.