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Sylvan Esso Just Wants You To Be Free

Sylvan Esso singer and lyricist Amelia Meath shares the stories, joy and dreams behind each track of the band's new album, What Now.

When you listen to Sylvan Esso singer and lyricist Amelia Meath talk about the band's new album, What Now, you quickly learn how profoundly she's motivated by love. There's the love of magical sounds and the euphoria she feels when music "lifts you off the earth." There's the love for the audience, of connecting with and freeing them through song. And, especially for Meath, there's the love of dance and of feeling the body (literally) become the music.

For today's release of , we asked Meath to share some of the stories behind the new songs. She revealed a lot about what went into each track, but

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