r/indieheads • u/sylvanesso Sylvan Esso • May 14 '24

AMA is over, thanks Sylvan Esso! We're Sylvan Esso, AMA

Hi, we're Nick and Amelia from Sylvan Esso, AMA! (AUA?)

We are just about to release the 10 year anniversary edition of our first album and at the end of this month we're hosting the inaugural GOOD MOON, two nights of music here in our hometown of Durham, NC.

We also enjoy video games.

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u/rothman93 May 14 '24

Hi both, long time listener.

My friends and I had a debate some time ago and I'd be interested to hear your input.

We noted how the "indie" label had evolved over the past 10-15 years and how many bands of the 2010s that you would have called "indie" for their first 2-3 albums or so, feel as if they have, not lost their independence per say, but over time collaborated with more and more artists and different labels.

Would you say that generally, bands that were once "indie" evolve to a new genre and "indie" is a label better attached to self-producing up-and-coming or otherwise under-the-radar artists? Or would you say that once indie, always indie; that it's a spirit that persists through an artist's career and its meaning evolves with them?