Throwback Thursday: Sylvan Esso ~ “Coffee”

Released: February 2014
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“Get up ~ get down…”

Time flies. 11 years ago, Sylvan Esso dropped this deceptively simple track that somehow sounded like the future and the past at the same time. A quiet anthem built on empty space, soft tension, and that voice. Amelia Meath and Nick Sanborn made it feel effortless.

Sparse beats. Bare melodies.

The lyrics play with the mundane ~ coffee, routine, dancing in a club you’re half-awake in ~ but it all shimmers like a memory you’re trying to hold onto through an Insta filter.

This wasn’t a big banger. But it was a vibe.
And it crept everywhere ~ indie playlists, coffee shops, film trailers, your friend’s curated mixes.

11 years later ~ “Coffee” still feels like that in-between moment ~ the breath before a decision, the memory of something you almost said, the dance you didn’t know you needed.

Sylvan Esso. Coffee.