Rising alt-pop duo Esme Emerson will release their new EP ‘Applesauce’ on March 7th.
The British-Chinese siblings stole hearts with their debut EP, effervescent songwriting with a pop flair. Entering 2025 with confidence, the duo will release their second EP in Spring.
Titled ‘Applesauce’, the incoming EP lands on March 7th via Communion, and the title refers to home, belonging, and family. The pair explain…
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. 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.
The full EP lands in Spring, with Esme Emerson also plotting a short UK headline run. New single ‘Together’ is delicious, a tangy pop treat that finds the sibling duo working with palpable confidence.
Of the single, Esme Emerson say…
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.
Tune in now.
Catch Esme Emerson at the following shows:
16th November: Live at Leeds Festival
April
21 Glasgow SWG3 Poetry Club
22 Manchester YES (Basement)
23 London Omeara
25 Ipswich The Smokehouse
Photo Credit: Jasper Cable-Alexander
