Album · Sylvan Esso
Free Love by Sylvan Esso
Free Love is an album by Sylvan Esso, released in 2020. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 13 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Ferris Wheel”, on 13 lists with a best position of #6.
Free Love, the third album from Durham, North Carolina, electropop duo Sylvan Esso, arrived on Loma Vista on September 25, 2020, and its cover carries a jolt once you know the story: that's Nick Sanborn leaning out of a Koreatown window, watching the Saddleridge Fire in October 2019. Amelia Meath sings, Sanborn builds the machinery, and the pair keep their pop small, warm and a little uncanny.
Instead of a big release party, they threw one on their website: a 20-minute improvised modular set from Sanborn sampling the album, art by Nathaniel Russell, a dance by Emma Portner set to "Numb", a song from Jeff Tweedy dedicated to the band and a DJ set from tUnE-yArDs' Merrill Garbus. "Ferris Wheel" was the one that caught on, a sly, bouncy little earworm, and the record later picked up a Grammy nomination for Best Dance/Electronic Album.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Free Love on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ferris Wheel | 13 | #6 | – | 2020–2026 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.