Sylvan Esso
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Sylvan Esso share new single & video "Hot Slob" out now on Psychic Hotline.
Sylvan Esso return like you have never heard them before. Out now on their label, Psychic Hotline, “Hot Slob” marks the band’s first new single of 2026, extending a loud, heated, hair-down invitation to party.
Proudly messy and more pointed than any of their music to date, the song embraces the spirit and chaos of living in the glitch, punching upwards with explosive blows and a tongue-in-cheek stride.
“Try to make my body feel like something that I wanna do, for who? for who? for who? for who,” sings Amelia Meath. “Fuck it, yeah I’m phoney but I sell it like its something new, the truth, the truth, the truth!”
Recorded at their studio Betty’s in Chapel Hill, NC, “Hot Slob” is built around the central tension and tightrope walk that have forever guided the songwriting of Sylvan Esso’s Amelia Meath and Nick Sanborn – a push-and-pull of the physical and existential, cerebral and instinctual, from dance floors to dark corners. Alongside Meath on vocals and Sanborn on bass, guitar, drums and vocals, “Hot Slob” features drums from TJ Maiani (Weyes Blood, Neneh Cherry), and bass, electric guitar and vocals from Jenn Wasner (Flock of Dimes, Bon Iver).
Ushering in a new chapter of freedom and independence, comfort and consideration, expansive collaboration and complete control, “Hot Slob” follows Sylvan Esso’s choice to move their work to Psychic Hotline this past fall – and previews much to come this summer.
In addition to releasing music the way they want, with the people they choose, in their own studio and through their own label, Sylvan Esso will soon begin to debut their largest live iteration yet. From June 15th-20th at Los Angeles’ Sid the Cat Auditorium, they will host a sold-out, week-long residency, sharing new songs and rehearsing with the extensive live band they will now be taking on the road this year and next.
Announced this week, Sylvan Esso’s full-band tour will span more than two dozen dates across North America in 2026 and 2027, stretching from NYC’s Brooklyn Paramount to Chicago’s Salt Shed, LA’s Wiltern and beyond. General on-sale for the tour begins today, June 12th.
In the midst of the upcoming tour, Sylvan Esso and Psychic Hotline will also present the first biennial Good Moon festival since 2024, taking over four venues throughout their hometown of Durham, NC, from October 8th-10th. Anchored by three nights at Durham Performing Arts Center – two shows headlined by Sylvan Esso, one headlined by Tyler Childers, with very special guests Meshell Ndegeocello, aja monet and Silvana Estrada – the lineup includes an ever-expanding community of artists, friends and musical family members such as MJ Lenderman, Rodrigo Amarante, Leenalchi, Tash LC, William Tyler & Yasmin Williams, Jacques Greene, Annie & the Caldwells, Circuit des Yeux, Kumo 99, Derrick Gee's "Radio Hour," GRRL x Made of Oak, Weirs, Babe Haven, Hex Files, Woke County Speedway and more.
Tickets and details are now available at goodmoonnc.com.
Photo by Graham Tolbert
Tour Dates
Jun 15, 16, 18, 19, 20 - Los Angeles, CA - Sid the Cat Auditorium sold out
Jun 17 - Psychic Hotline DJ Night in Los Angeles, CA - Sid the Cat Auditorium
Jul 11 - Winnipeg, MB - Winnipeg Folk Festival
Jul 31 - Burlington, VT - Burlington Waterfront Park
Sep 12 - Abiquiu, NM - Blossoms & Bones
Oct 1 - Atlanta, GA - The Eastern
Oct 2-3 - Asheville, NC - The Orange Peel
Oct 5 - Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
Oct 8-10 - Durham, NC - Good Moon
Oct 12 - Philadelphia, PA - Franklin Music Hall
Oct 14 - Brooklyn, NY - Brooklyn Paramount
Oct 16 - Portland, ME - State Theatre
Oct 17 - Boston, MA - Citizens House of Blues
Oct 19 - Toronto, ON - HISTORY
Oct 21 - Milwaukee, WI - Riverside Theater
Oct 22 - Chicago, IL - The Salt Shed Indoors
Oct 23-24 - Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue
Feb 19 - Seattle, WA - Paramount Theatre
Feb 20 - Vancouver, BC - Vogue Theatre
Feb 22-23 - Portland, OR - McMenamins Crystal Ballroom
Feb 25 - Oakland, CA - Fox Theater
Feb 26 - Los Angeles, CA - The Wiltern
Mar 1 - Del Mar, CA - The Sound
Mar 2 - Phoenix, AZ - The Van Buren
Mar 4 - Salt Lake City, UT - Rockwell at the Complex
Mar 5 - Denver, CO - Ogden Theatre
Mar 8 - Austin, TX - ACL Live at The Moody Theater
Mar 9 - Dallas, TX - House of Blues
Mar 11 - New Orleans, LA - Tipitina’s
Mar 12 - Birmingham, AL - Iron City
Mar 13 - Nashville, TN - Brooklyn Bowl
