"Coffee"- Sylvan Esso (Warning: Lots of Dancing)

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I am the sullen girl next to the making out couple.

Sylvan Esso is a duo that recently performed @ SXSW, where I was informed they were crowdpleasers. I don't have trouble believing that- their sound has that cute folksy thing going on that was popular in the mid to late 2000s combined with the distant electronic reverb more popular today.

Their music video glorifies bad white people dancing, which I find endearing. Below are their tour dates-

Sylvan Esso Tour Dates

3/20 London, UK - Lexington
3/21 Brussels, BE - Botanique
3/23 Amsterdam, NL - MC Theatre
3/25 Berlin, DE - Privat Club
3/26 London, UK - Oval Room
3/27 Paris, FR - Trabendo
5/9 Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle
5/12 London, UK - Village Underground
5/14 Berlin, DE - Berghain
5/15 Hamburg, DE - Nochtspeicher
5/18 Amsterdam, NL - Bitterzoey
5/19 Paris, FR - Cafe De La Danse
5/26 Boise, ID - Knitting Factory Concert House
5/27 Salt Lake City, UT - Urban Lounge
5/28 Englewood, CO - Gothic Theatre
5/30 Dallas, TX - Granada Theater
6/3 Phoenix, AZ - Crescent Ballroom
6/5 Los Angeles, CA - The Fonda Theatre
6/7 San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore
6/13 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
6/15 Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer
6/16 Boston, MA - Royale Boston
6/18 Montreal, QC - La Tulipe
6/22 New York, NY - Webster Hall
6/23 New York, NY - Webster Hall

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