Sylvan Esso’s Nick Sanborn and Amelia Meath are tired of your typical love song. They’re more interested in the music that flows from an argument, singing about heartbreak, and falling back in love with yourself. As Valentine’s day approaches, we talk to the duo about what it takes to make art together as romantic partners, crack open what a love song can be, and Hanif reads a poem by Nicole Sealey. For the playlist of songs curated for this episode visit http://bit.ly/oos-love/ Show Notes / Hanif references “God Only Knows” by The Beach Boys. Amelia references the song “Free” from Sylvan Esso’s recent release, Free Love.Amelia references “Juke Box Hero” by Foreigner as her first favorite love song. Nick references “They Might Be Giants” by Ana Ng as his first favorite love song. Amelia and Nick reference Robyn’s “Dancing On My Own” and Adele’s “Send My Love” as redemptive self-love songs./ Music In This Week's Playlist / Sylvan Esso, Rooftop DancingRoxy Music, In Every Dream Home A HeartacheWhitney Houston & Cece Winans, Count On MeGhostface Killah, The Sun (feat. Slick Rick, Raekwon & Rza) Bill Withers, Lean on MeRobyn, Dancing On My OwnNina Simone, Feeling GoodLCD Soundsystem, All My FriendsThe National, Bloodbuzz Ohio/ Credits / Object of Sound is a Sonos show produced by work x work: Scott Newman, Jemma Rose Brown, and Babette Thomas. The show is additionally produced by Hanif Abdurraqib. Our engineers are Sam Bair and Josh Hahn of The Relic Room.