Sibling duo Esme Emerson reflect on changing seasons, new sounds, and embracing creative chaos with their upcoming EP, 'Applesauce.'

Words: Stephen Ackroyd.
Photos: Jasper Cable-Alexander.

Autumn in Suffolk brings with it a particular kind of magic. As apples fall from trees and roll down hills to rot in gardens, siblings Esme Emerson are reflecting on the changing seasons - both meteorological and metaphorical. It's a fitting backdrop for their current state of artistic flux. The duo aren't just watching fruit fall; they're harvesting a bumper crop of new ideas that's about to be pressed, processed and served up as their latest EP, 'Applesauce' (due 7th March 2025, 'FYI').

It's the kind of title that works on multiple levels – part literal homage to their mother's waste-not-want-not approach to autumn's bounty, part knowing nod to the beautiful nonsense of trying to make sense of life through song. If their last EP, 'Big Leap, No Faith, Small Chancer', was the sound of jumping off the metaphorical cliff, 'Applesauce' is them discovering they've grown both wings and a rocket pack on the way down.