Free Love (album)
Free Love is the third studio album by American indie pop duo Sylvan Esso, made up of singer Amelia Meath and multi-instrumentalist Nick Sanborn, released on September 25, 2020, by Loma Vista Recordings.
In a September 25, 2020 live listening party on NPR Music, the band stated that the album cover photo is of Nick leaning out of a Koreatown window observing the October 2019 Saddleridge Fire.
In lieu of a large album release party, the band hosted a multimedia art project on their website. The project included a video with a 20-minute improvised modular set by Nick, interviews with music video directors, various art pieces by Nathaniel Russell, an improvised dance by Emma Portner to "Numb", a song dedicated to the band by Jeff Tweedy and a DJ set by Merrill Garbus of tUnE-yArDs.
The album was nominated for the 2022 Grammy Award for Best Dance/Electronic Album.
Personnel
Sylvan Esso- Amelia Meath – vocals, production, engineering, cover photo
- Nick Sanborn – guitar, keyboards, percussion, programming, production, engineering, lettering
- Joe Westerlund – drums, voices
- Homer Steinweiss – drums
- Stephen Sanborn – guitar
- Daniel Kyriakides – guitar
- John Hill – production
- Huntley Miller – mastering
- BJ Burton – mixing
- Christopher Leckie – art direction, design