Even now, years later, Sylvan Esso's self-titled debut remains an urgent and fitting introduction to a push-and-pull that would go on to inform the duo's sound – a thoughtful headiness that also wants you to get out on the dance floor.
A lean LP of Kitty Wells' formative hits from 1952; 62; including It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels and Making Believe; plain-voiced country that opened doors for generations.