Turning red? Sylvan Esso have surprised fans with a new single entitled "Sunburn."
It marks the band's first release since their Grammy-nominated 2020 LP, Free Love, and the subsequent WITH LOVE EP.
Written in Los Angeles back in January, the single is a cathartic three-minute, synth-driven pop ballad about feeling so delightful that it becomes uncomfortable, or the pain that can accompany feeling something so good.
Of the single, the duo — comprised of Amelia Meath and Nick Sanborn — shared in a statement:
"Sunburn" is:
eating candy til you're sick
riding your bike too fast down a hill
when you're five years old and don't want to get out of the water, and by the end you're shivering and all your fingers are pruney and your lips are turned purple
an undertow that sneaks up unsuspectingly
the painful pulsing pink of swollen eyelids leftover after a day lying in the sun
plunging forward without time for second-guessing
produced by Sylvan Esso
for you.
Listen to "Sunburn" below.
It marks the band's first release since their Grammy-nominated 2020 LP, Free Love, and the subsequent WITH LOVE EP.
Written in Los Angeles back in January, the single is a cathartic three-minute, synth-driven pop ballad about feeling so delightful that it becomes uncomfortable, or the pain that can accompany feeling something so good.
Of the single, the duo — comprised of Amelia Meath and Nick Sanborn — shared in a statement:
"Sunburn" is:
eating candy til you're sick
riding your bike too fast down a hill
when you're five years old and don't want to get out of the water, and by the end you're shivering and all your fingers are pruney and your lips are turned purple
an undertow that sneaks up unsuspectingly
the painful pulsing pink of swollen eyelids leftover after a day lying in the sun
plunging forward without time for second-guessing
produced by Sylvan Esso
for you.
Listen to "Sunburn" below.