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SHAED have felt a special kinship with Sylvan Esso ever since hearing the latter’s self-titled debut. Both bands came from a folky, acoustic background and were experimenting with electronic sounds — not to mention they were both family ventures. On this episode of The Spark Parade, SHAED explains how Sylvan Esso helped to shape their musical style. Listen above, or wherever you get your podcasts.
SHAED originally started as a straightforward folk band, but after running into trouble finding a drummer, they began looking for other outlets. When they heard Sylvan Esso’s electronic flourishes and programmed percussion, though, a whole new world opened up for them, and the solution to their troubles became clear. Ever since, they’ve been following their own passion for folktronica.
“We were really inspired by the music that was coming out around that time, especially Sylvan Esso and that album,” the band says. “That was huge for us, ’cause it had all of that harmony and that kind of folk-Americana element too — [with] that just beautiful voice — but also these really cool electronic elements too. That was a very deep inspiration for the first new batch of music that we put out in 2016.”
Listen to SHAED dive into Sylvan Esso’s self-titled debut above or on your preferred podcast provider. Also, make sure to follow and review to support The Spark Parade, and keep up to date with all our series by following the Consequence Podcast Network.
Host Adam Unze (The Opus) explores creativity in all its forms on The Spark Parade by asking musicians, artists, comedians, and other creators to share the single cultural work that has most inspired them. Whether it comes from the world of music, film, comedy, visual art, or literature, we all have something that sparks our own creative desires. On The Spark Parade, guests reveal the single piece of art that ignites within them to fire of creation.