What started out in LA with Jon Hill and was finished back in North Carolina at Sylvan Esso’s home studio, Free Love asks major questions about self-image, self-righteousness, friendship, romance, and environmental calamity with enough warmth, playfulness, and magnetism to make you consider an alternate reality. These are Sylvan Esso’s most nuanced and undeniable songs—bold enough to say how they feel, big enough to make you join in that feeling

‘Free Love’ is an album worth dancing about. I challenge you not to – try to resist when you hear Sylvan Esso’s refreshing depiction of queer love and their punchy synth and windpipe sound that we’re familiar with, but that feels even more confident than previous albums. Sylvan Esso have a truly unique ability to fuse pure almost folksy melodies with dance beats. Standout tracks include: ‘Ferris Wheel’, ‘Frequency’ and ‘Numb’.

By Martha