Platinum-selling indie trio Wild Rivers have a gift for introspective lyrics and genre-fluid melodies that transmit wisdom beyond their years. That expertise can be found across their new album, Better Now—a companion to their record, Never Better, released this past July.
Recorded in Joshua Tree with co-producer Gabe Wax, both Never Better and Better Now are filled with the band’s “inventive melodies, rich harmonies, and lush instrumentals” (Associated Press) and reflect their growth the past few years, as they’ve faced the complicated, confusing and unknown realities of life in their twenties.
Khalid Yassein and Devan Glover first connected at Queen’s University in Kingston. Starting out as an acoustic singer-songwriter project, Khalid and Devan expanded to a more full-bodied sound, adding multi-instrumentalist Andrew Oliver, whom Khalid calls their “Swiss army knife.”
They pull from a spectrum of sounds, imbuing pop, rock, indie, and folk into each song’s blueprint. Since their 2016 debut, Wild Rivers has released three albums to critical acclaim, been nominated for Breakthrough Group of The Year at the 2023 JUNO Awards, saw their breakout single, “Thinking ‘Bout Love,” certified Gold in the United States and Australia and Platinum in Canada, and garnered over 850 million global streams.
