★★★★★
If you take a member of a cappella folk group Mountain Man and the bassist of Justin Vernon associates and not-afraid-of-a-beard Megafaun and let them start a group together, you'd be pretty sure of what the outcome would sound like, right? Wrong.
When Sylvan Esso dropped "Play It Right" last summer, Amelia Meath and Nick Sanborn had, to some extent, confounded expectations...
- www.thelineofbestfit.com
2014-06-03
★★★★★
Folktronica is a genre that's gone from strength to strength in recent years - acts from Wye Oak to Tunng, from Caribou to Ellie Goulding have forged a gorgeous coalescence, exploiting the oft-delicate nuances and frank emotion of folk, and the textures, dynamics and modernity of synth-based sounds.
Pushing the envelope one step further, Nick Sanborn (Megafaun) and Amelia Meath (Mountain Man) fused to create Sylvan Esso...
- www.musicomh.com
2014-05-30
★★★★★
There are bands that arrive fully formed with a fresh sound satisfying a need listeners didn't even know they had--and then you have an act like Sylvan Esso, who fill an obvious void. The Durham, NC duo's fusion of quirky folk and quirky electro-pop would have otherwise been inevitably and awkwardly willed into existence, since those are two of the most reliable, likeable, and syncable subgenres that fall under the "indie" umbrella...
- pitchfork.com
2014-05-28
★★★★★
9.3
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Sylvan Esso: Sylvan Esso Review
May 20, 2014 | 2:18pm
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Mountain Man's Amelia Meath and Megafaun/Made of Oak's Nick Sanborn represent a study of contrasts. Together as Sylvan Esso, they create synthy pop songs falling somewhere between Poliça, tUnE-yArDs and Autre Ne Veut...
- www.pastemagazine.com
2014-05-21
★★★★★
New Releases From Conor Oberst and Brantley Gilbert
CONOR OBERST"Upside Down Mountain"(Nonesuch)"There are hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of ways to get through the day -- just find one," Conor Oberst counsels on his new solo album, "Upside Down Mountain." Mr. Oberst may not have hundreds of styles, but he's multifarious enough...
- www.nytimes.com
2014-05-20
★★★★★
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Sylvan Esso, the duo born from the unlikely pairing of folk singer Amelia Meath and electronic producer Nick Sanborn, prefaced their self-titled debut with the single 'Coffee', easily one of the best songs of the year. The song's melancholic musings are chilly and lonely yet warm and sultry. The dreamy mixture promised for an exciting, genre-defying debut...
- www.thefourohfive.com
2014-05-20
★★★★★
New Releases From Conor Oberst and Brantley Gilbert
CONOR OBERST"Upside Down Mountain"(Nonesuch)"There are hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of ways to get through the day -- just find one," Conor Oberst counsels on his new solo album, "Upside Down Mountain." Mr. Oberst may not have hundreds of styles, but he's multifarious enough...
- www.nytimes.com
2014-05-21
★★★★★
Crocodiles don't have dental floss, and with all their meaty meals, even one of the animal kingdom's most invincible predators is susceptible to nasty toothaches. That's why it developed a relationship with the Egyptian plover bird, which will sit inside the beast's mouth and munch on troublesome bits of leftovers. The crocodile gets a nice cleaning, and the plover enjoys a safe snack within an overtly intimidating set of incisors...
- www.noripcord.com
2014-05-16
★★★★★
The debut album from the Durham, NC duo of Mountain Man's Amelia Meath and Megafaun's Nick Sanborn is an often-enchanting blend of moody electro-pop and atmospheric folk-pop combining buzzing synths, occasional acoustic instruments, hypnotic rhythms, folk melodies and Meath's limber, silky vocals. 5/16/2014
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- kexp.org
2014-05-17
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