Sylvan Esso - WDID b/w KEEP ON

Sylvan Esso returned after more than three years with WDID, and this vinyl single pairs it with the loose, hypnotic B-side Keep On.

The Durham, North Carolina duo of Amelia Meath and Nick Sanborn released WDID in 2025 as their first single on their own label, Psychic Hotline, after four albums and two Grammy nominations. It arrived with a bold stand, too, as the band pulled their catalogue from Spotify for the first time in their career. The song was recorded at Betty's, their studio in the woods of Chapel Hill, with additional production and guitar from Jake Luppen.

WDID is abrasive and urgent, a song about the endless stream of crises arriving on our screens and the pull to keep checking for more, with Meath also touching on money worries and the demands of the algorithm. Sanborn's electronics match that edge, tense and wired under her voice. Keep On is a different animal entirely, grown from a week of improvising with bassist Daniel Aged and drummer TJ Maiani into something loose, patient and hypnotic, with the band clearly enjoying the freedom of playing off other musicians in the room.

It is a compact, potent statement from a band moving on its own terms, and a striking addition for fans who like their electronic pop with something to say.