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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