SYLVAN ESSO’s
debut live concert film
‘WITH‘
premieres April 24th
11am AEST via YouTube Premiere

+ FAN-HOSTED WATCH PARTIES

Captures Ambitious 2019 Tour With One-Time-Only 10-Piece Band Featuring Members of Bon Iver, Wye Oak, Hiss Golden Messenger, Mountain Man, Mandolin Orange, Hand Habits and Mr. Twin Sister

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Sylvan Esso has announced WITH, a 60-minute live concert film that captures a magical, lightning in a bottle moment in the group’s history and celebrates one of the Durham, NC duo’s core tenets: community. Sylvan Esso’s Amelia Meath and Nick Sanborn recruited a dream team 10-piece ensemble – musicians that perform with Bon Iver, Wye Oak, Mountain Man, Hiss Golden Messenger, Mandolin Orange, Hand Habits, and Mr. Twin Sister – and set out on the limited engagement fall 2019 WITH tour that found their songs reaching expansive new realms.  This pivotal moment included two sold-out shows at New York’s Beacon Theatre, Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium, and Los Angeles’ Disney Hall. The WITH tour culminated with two sold-out hometown shows at Durham Performing Arts Center, captured in this live concert film. 

WITH will debut on April 23 at 9PM ET / April 24 at 11am AEDT via YouTube Premiere.

Fans are encouraged to host their own private watch parties with friends for the premiere.  More details can be found at sylvanesso.com.

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Of the project, the band explains, “We knew that in order to put on the best show we possibly could in a few short weeks we had to truly lean on and trust the friends we had asked to become part of our band. The end result – as with so many communal efforts – was much greater than the sum of its parts, in ways we could have never dreamed of. The world has completely shifted in a few months – the idea of togetherness rings in a different way. It was such a special moment that now feels like a signpost of how things were and how they could be again.”

Orchestrated with an army of synths, saxophone, two drummers and intricate three-part vocals provided by Amelia with her Mountain Man bandmates, WITH showcases several of Sylvan Esso’s most beloved songs from their studio albums, Sylvan Esso and What Now: “Die Young,” “Coffee,” “Radio,” “Rewind.”  The WITH band transformed these tracks into a more interactive and ever changing experience that opened up the idea of what a Sylvan Esso song could be. The film also captures the intense two weeks of preparation and rehearsing that preceded the tour, a home movie of sorts for this newly united creative family. 

Sylvan Esso’s
WITH

Filmed November 2019
at Durham Performing Arts Center

Filmed/Directed by Josh Sliffe

Featuring:
Meg Duffy (Hand Habits): Guitar
Dev Gupta (Mr. Twin Sister): Synths, Keys, Electronics
Matt McCaughan (Bon Iver, Hiss Golden Messenger): Drums, Electronics
Amelia Meath (Sylvan Esso): Lead Vocals
Nick Sanborn (Sylvan Esso): Bass, Synths, Keys, Electronics, Vocals
Molly Sarlé (Mountain Man): Vocals
Alexandra Sauser-Monnig (Mountain Man, Daughter of Swords): Vocals
Adam Schatz (Landlady): Woodwinds, Electronics, Vocals
Jenn Wasner (Wye Oak): Bass, Synths, Keys, Vocals
Joe Westerlund (Mandolin Orange): Drums, Percussion

APRIL 24th 11am AEST HERE

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Sylvan Esso is Amelia Meath and Nick Sanborn, both from Durham, NC. They’ve released two albums, 2014’s self-titled debut and 2017’s What Now, both of which entered the Billboard 200 Album Chart. The GRAMMY-nominated group has performed on Fallon, NPR’s Tiny Desk, and top festivals including Coachella, Lollapalooza, Austin City Limits, and Eaux Claires. Paste named “Hey Mami” the No. 1 song of 2014, and a 2017 New York Times feature declared: “Sylvan Esso Keeps Electronic Pop Human.” In 2015, they recorded “Jaime’s Song” for NPR’s Radiolab as a way to explore and understand bipolar disorder.

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