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Why it hurts to release a record (with Sylvan Esso)

Why it hurts to release a record (with Sylvan Esso)

Amelia Meath asks MUNA, Maggie Rogers, Jeff Tweedy, Bartees Strange

Switched on Pop · Vulture

October 11, 202246m 40s

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Show Notes

Earlier this year, the members of Sylvan Esso took a gamble, making their "most free and wild and strange" album yet: No Rules Sandy. And to add to the overall theme of lawlessness, Amelia Meath and Nick Sanborn decided to do something equally as free and radical: they decided to forgo the typical multi-year album cycle as well as a standard promo campaign. While wrapped in what Amelia calls a “PR cocoon,” she began to think about the less tangible aspects of the album rollout process, and wanted to enlist other musicians (as well as Switched On Pop) in exploring certain aspects of what it means to be an artist to answer the question: why does it hurt to release records?


Songs Discussed

  • Sylvan Esso - Your Reality
  • Sylvan Esso - Cloud Walker
  • Sylvan Esso - Didn’t Care
  • Sylvan Esso - Look At Me
  • Sylvan Esso - How Did You Know
  • Sylvan Esso - Sunburn
  • MUNA - Number One Fan
  • MUNA - Silk Chiffon
  • MUNA - What I Want
  • Bartees Strange - Heavy Heart
  • Bartees Strange - Co Signs
  • Bartees Strange - Hennessy
  • Wilco - Cruel Country
  • Maggie Rogers - Alaska
  • Maggie Rogers - That’s Where I Am
  • Maggie Rogers - Anywhere with You
  • Maggie Rogers - Want Want
  • Maggie Rogers - Begging for Rain

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