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Jim Ottewill

“It feels like the most ‘us’ thing we’ve ever done – Suno isn’t coming up with that anytime soon”: Sylvan Esso on the making of Ow ∞, their self-built Betty's studio and why they pulled their music from Spotify

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“Our new album was born between two catastrophic weather events,” says Sylvan Esso’s Amelia Heath on the genesis of the duo's latest record, Ow ∞.

“When we tried to kick our writing into high gear back in 2024, North Carolina was hit by a hurricane and we got wrapped up in it,” adds producer Nick Sanborn. He engineered the huge, 100+ track Cardinals at the Window benefit compilation album for free, and Amelia volunteered at an aid relief centre.

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