No Rules Sandy

Sylvan Esso are the beating heart of indietronica. From their self-titled debut on, the husband-wife duo of Amelia Meath (formerly of North Carolina vocal trio Mountain Man, who doubled up as Feist’s backing singers), and Nick Sanborn (aka Made of Oak) had their own sound that touched on UK bass styles, electropop, folktronica, glitchy lo-fi but was ultimately about quirky, personal indie songwriting just as much as any indie band were. This, their fourth album, is probably their sparsest and most emotionally bare, but it recognisably draws from exactly the same compositional wellspring they’ve always tapped.