Amelia Meath of the two-time Grammy nominated Electronic-Dance music duo Sylvan Esso, speaks to BUST about Free Love, the concept and their latest album, the necessity of live performance in today’s times, and why Durham North Carolina is the perfect place to come home to after a round of touring.
BUST: Congrats on your second grammy nomination. Your latest album is entitled Free Love. How did you two settle on that title? ADVERTISEMENT Amelia Meath: We called it Free Love for so many different reasons, mostly because we knew that it was going to perk up people's ears and also sound a little distressing because free love is potentially a beautiful idea that was immediately co-opted and torn apart by terrifying hippies in the 70s'. But the idea of being able to actually spread joy and find the ability to dedicate your life to service and actually spread love among people.
Most of the songs themselves are about figuring out ways of being able to love in a time when it becomes easier and easier to give yourself the out of saying ‘why?’ There is so much evil and hate in the world, why would I even begin?AM: “Make it Easy,” which is the final track. Mostly because I think it's the most hopeful song I've ever written.AM: Before, it was a lot easier to-how do I put this…the silliness of my job is more exposed than it ever has been before.
There’s also a lot of fanciness and ego- that comes with my job that at this point, I can’t really entertain.AM: It was a really great place to move ten years ago where it was really easy to make $250 a show, and then go back and be able to pay rent and be in that community. I was twenty minutes away from the airport, and its also full of really wonderful people. And then we just decided to stay.
Thanks for this interview! Bright, refreshing spark in my day-loved learning about the podcast & hearing a track from the new album
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