Day 2 | Momo Festival | Esme Emerson

Esme and Emerson Lee-Scott are the latest to join the lineage of great pop music siblings. This young duo pens triumphant, incessantly catchy pop songs filtered through a charming indie pop and alt-folk sensibility. Listening to songs like “Fade Out”, “Truck Song” and “Yard”, you can immediately sense the sheer fun and thrill Esme Emerson felt during the writing process. Chalk it up to brother/sister telepathy or good fortune, the material sounds both deeply nostalgic yet polished and fresh all the same. Latest EP ‘Big Leap, No Faith, Smaller Chancer’ – out on Communion Records – adds new depth to both the songwriting and arrangements, tackling the trials of transitioning into adulthood. For fans of beabadoobee, Clairo and former touring mate The Japanese House, Esme Emerson are undoubtedly a slam dunk. But there’s plenty of room on the bandwagon to wander around the scrappy, spry and abundantly joyous universe these two have manifested together.