Photo by Shervin Lainez

Sylvan Esso, made up of Amelia Meath and Nick Sanborn have released the second single from their upcoming album Free Love (due out Sept. 25), titled “Rooftop Dancing.” The duo also shared a video for the new song, shot and directed by NYC street photographer and filmmaker Cheryl Dunn.

“Rooftop Dancing is about the excitement of being part of a collective humming whole – a city that contains multitudes – with your small story shining softly amidst it,” said the band in a statement (via press release.) Cheryl Dunn was a natural first choice to make the video since she has been so brilliantly capturing the spirit of NYC for years. We are so grateful to her for collaborating with us and giving us a beautiful slice of what the city feels like today.”

“To me this song reflects the social climate of NY right now, with its historical resilience to re-invent – to create new things from the discarded, to take back the streets, to not dwell on what you can’t do but to get excited about what you can do… like riding bikes en masse, making guerrilla art shows by the river, making more art and music – and yes – dancing on the roof tops!” Dunn added (via press release).

The band previously released a video for the album’s first single “Ferris Wheel.” Watch that and the new video for “Rooftop Dancing” below!