The Songs Of Sylvan Esso, Like You've Never Heard Them Before
For one day only, members of Wye Oak, The Mountain Goats, Hiss Golden Messenger, Mountain Man and Megafaun joined Sylvan Esso to reimagine and record the electronic duo's music as a full band.
by Bob Boilen
Jul 24, 2017
2 minutes
NOTE: Each day this week we'll be rolling out a series of videos from Sylvan Esso that comprise the duo's upcoming visual EP, Echo Mountain Sessions.
Sylvan Esso has always been a duo, featuring the beats and electronics of Nick Sanborn and the voice of singer Amelia Meath. But back in April, right about, Amelia and Nick got a bunch of their North Carolina buddies to join them in a studio in Asheville to record some of the tracks from with a big, live band. Members of , , , and got together for a day at , reimagined the songs of Sylvan Esso and captured the whole thing for a visual EP they're calling .
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