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Sylvan Esso is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Maggie Rogers, Mountain Man, Feist, The Books and Boards of Canada. Those roots explain a lot about how Sylvan Esso arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Lucius, Miike Snow, Tourist, alt-J and Matt & Kim, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Erin LeCount, Grouplove, Remi Wolf and The Postal Service, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 28 connections around Sylvan Esso, reaching back through Maggie Rogers and forward to Erin LeCount. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Sylvan Esso is an American electropop duo from Durham, North Carolina which was formed in 2013. The band consists of singer Amelia Meath and producer Nick Sanborn. They made their debut with the single "Hey Mami" and released their eponymous debut album on Partisan Records on May 12, 2014. It reached No. 39 on the Billboard 200. They released their second album, What Now, with Loma Vista Recordings on April 28, 2017, which was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Dance/Electronic Album.
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Sylvan Esso connections
Sylvan Esso grew out of Maggie Rogers, Mountain Man, Feist and The Books, shares an orbit with Lucius, Miike Snow, Tourist and alt-J, went on to shape Erin LeCount, Grouplove, Remi Wolf and The Postal Service. 28 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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