Sylvan Esso
Wdid B/w Keep On
"WDID" is the first new music from the band since 2022. The track,
as well as its hypnotic, undulating b-side "KEEP ON," were both born
from an intense period of creation and experimentation for the band.
Meath and Sanborn have spent the last year plus working on new
material with a slew of new collaborators, recording in the lush
woods of Chapel Hill, North Carolina with no deadline in mind. The
song also marks the first time Sylvan Esso has released new music
via their own record label, Psychic Hotline.
"WDID" is a thorny, hammering all-caps screed; a manic thrum
happening halfway between a 3am doom scroll and the dance floor.
It bubbles with anxiety, the all-consuming, unending cascade of
crises. The band's off-kilter, electrified pop has always spiraled out
from a main point of tension - Meath and Sanborn have long joked
that Sylvan Esso's songwriting stems from an argument, a
push-and-pull of possibility.
The songwriting here - and across the new music in general - is
loose and vulnerable, a disparate collage scotch-taped together
yielding something that is ultimately both magical and strange, a
dyspneic, shadowy sound that shows the humans at the helm of
Sylvan Esso with a new immediacy.
"WDID" was recorded at Betty's, Sylvan Esso's studio in Chapel Hill,
North Carolina, and features additional production from Jake Luppen
(Hippo Campus, Samia). "KEEP ON" was built from a week of
improvisation with bassist Daniel Aged (Frank Ocean, Dijon) and
drummer TJ Maiani (Weyes Blood, Neneh Cherry).
This limited edition 12" single features a custom die-cut jacket that
can be used as a paint stencil.
Price
Genre
Format
12" · 1 disc
Release
09-01-2026
Label
Item-nr
1317420
EAN
0850068258550
Availability
Not in stock
Tracks
Title
Artist
1
WDID
2
KEEP ON