British-Chinese sibling duo Esme Emerson are set to release a new EP.
‘Applesauce’ is due 7th March via Communion Records, with news of the four-track release arriving alongside new single ‘Together’. It follows their recent release ‘Big Leap, No Faith, Small Chancer’.
“There are two apple trees in our front yard. Every summer (since we were kids) the apples fall from the trees, roll down the hill, and rot over autumn,” Esme explain. “This year, however, our mum picked them. There were too many to eat, so she made applesauce. As well as meaning ‘nonsense’, ‘Applesauce’ as an EP title feels like home. Nostalgia is really important when it comes to our songwriting. It probably comes from being siblings. Making music often feels like looking back on our lives together. Our childhoods, growing up, making mistakes.”
Speaking about new single ‘Together’, Esme adds: “It’s about inviting someone to know you, to be in your space, to understand your sadness and share the weight with you. It’s about how the years pass and nothing changes, these habits and follies still remain, and so why not just be ‘down together’? It feels like the perfect solution. It’s cathartic to accept that maybe this is just how it is, and that’s okay. We’re all just human.”
The pair will embark on their first UK headline tour in April. Their live dates in full read:
NOVEMBER
16 Live at Leeds Festival
APRIL
21 SWG3 Poetry Club, Glasgow
22 YES (Basement), Manchester
23 Omeara, London
25 The Smokehouse, Ipswich
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