indie-only white cassette version - Sylvan Esso is presenting their fourth album as “the beginning of a new period”, which is something that a lot of bands say about a lot of their albums a lot of the time. In this case, though, there’s a case to be made. Their last album, ‘Free Love’, took the two-piece’s playful indietronica down a largely uninteresting rabbit hole, stripping back their sound without replacing it with much, and failing to have much of an impact on fans. This time, it’s like they’re making up for lost time: ‘No Rules Sandy’ lives up to its title by trying a little bit of everything, embracing the band’s ability to douse their songs in just about every kind of rhythm, every timbre of synth.
| A1 | Moving |
| A2 | Look at Me |
| A3 | (Bad Fills) |
| A4 | Echo Party |
| A5 | How Did You Know |
| A6 | (Betty's, May 4, 2022) |
| A7 | Didn't Care |
| A8 | (Vegas // Dad) |
| B9 | Your Reality |
| B10 | (#1vm) |
| B11 | Cloud Walker |
| B12 | Sunburn |
| B13 | (?) |
| B14 | Alarm |
| B15 | (No Rules Sandy) |
| B16 | Coming Back to You |
