Album · Sylvan Esso
What Now by Sylvan Esso
What Now is an album by Sylvan Esso, released in 2017. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 13 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Die Young”, on 13 lists with a best position of #8.
What Now, the second album from Durham, North Carolina duo Sylvan Esso, came out on Loma Vista Recordings on April 28, 2017, three years after their self-titled debut on Partisan. It's still just the two of them: Amelia Meath singing, Nick Sanborn building the beats and the machinery beneath her.
The singles trickled out over most of a year before the album arrived, starting with "Radio" in August 2016, then "Kick Jump Twist" that November and "Die Young" in February. Meath's voice stays warm and unmistakably human while Sanborn's electronics buzz, pop and bend around it, and that push and pull is the whole thrill of the record: sly, danceable electropop with a pulse you can feel in your chest. It earned the pair a Grammy nomination for Best Dance/Electronic Album.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from What Now on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Die Young | 13 | #8 | – | 2017–2025 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.