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# Ow ♾️ Album Listening Party
- URL: https://lifeincolor.ghost.io/ow/
- Published: 2026-09-09T12:10:29.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-11T02:07:27.000Z
- Description: An album release party that feels like a neighborhood block party
- Author: Lee Young
- Tags: music, album review, sylvan esso

Durham, NC

Wednesday was hot for September, so it was no surprise that people trickled into the alleyway hosting Slyvan Esso’s listening party keeping to the shady edges. But, as the sun began to set, fans and friends gathered to celebrate new music and honestly just hang. With hot dogs and a tie-dye station, the event felt more like a block party than an album release; dogs and gamboling children included. Their new record will officially drop on September 11, but those following the band had a chance to listen to the full album early and purchase a record, CD, or cassette at the event.

[Ow ∞](https://ffm.to/owinfinity?ref=lifeincolor.ghost.io) is the first album that has been produced and released by [Psychic Hotline](https://psychic-hotline.net/journal/sylvan-esso-embrace-the-pain-on-ow-%E2%88%9E-new-album-out-september-11/?ref=lifeincolor.ghost.io), a record company created by duo Amelia Meath and Nick Sanborn. With full ownership over their own music, including the creative process, Slyvan Esso were really able to take their time with the LP, and it shows.

The album starts with “Entertainment and Coca-Cola.” A hazy half-remembered summer evening. Each song on this record is like a mantra — we’re gonna be okay — we’re gonna be okay. “[Hot Slob](https://samply.app/p/7H7b4Ak694JnDuZRXN32?si=V8y8MyCZxdOT4F9lFIjrNE8SnSs2&ref=lifeincolor.ghost.io)” comes in at track three, and with a heavy guitar riff and shout-able lyrics. This is one you should sing along to while driving down the highway. The rest of the album continues like that. Songs alternate between reflective and chaotically emphatic, and overall, the album is relentlessly optimistic.

Over four years, with a rotating cast of musicians, all experts in their respective instruments, Sylvan Esso created an album that nails the electro-pop sound that initially put them on the charts, but also has a brand new, fuller story to tell.

The world is on fire, but we’re gonna be okay. Things are hard, they’re not going to get easier. We’re all having to make tough choices and compromises, and sometimes we can stand on principle and hope it works out for the best. Last year, the duo made the decision to [remove their work from Spotify](https://floodmagazine.com/231382/sylvan-esso-digital-cover/?fbclid=PAT01DUAUQOpVwZG9mAmV4dG4DYWVtAjEwAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDzU2NzA2NzM0MzM1MjQyNwABp8htuIG%5FfeIml8%5FmCyjsk96KOBAKMl5CbuNubeeYHGUkv%5FNhuia6ziOkQgBz%5Faem%5FQZF-MYXtmX4aLN57iwMOmg&ref=lifeincolor.ghost.io). It will be hard to know how that choice will play out as they release Ow ∞. It’s going to be up to serious music fans to find other ways to listen to this album — and I can tell you right now, it’s worth it.

For many, autumn is a time of both new beginnings and the beginnings of ends. Ow ∞ holds that contradiction, perfectly balanced, in the thin groves of the record. Its an album that holds your hand and says, “grit your teeth and grab your plastic sword. It’s okay to cry but when your tears dry, you need to get the fuck up, bitch, you’re still alive. We’re going to start again.”