Platinum-selling indie trio Wild Rivers, Khalid Yassein [guitar, vocals, keys], Devan Glover [vocals], and Andrew Oliver [lead guitar, synths], have a gift for penning introspective lyrics and genre-fluid melodies that transmit wisdom beyond their years. That expertise can be found across their new album, Better Now (out October 18)—a companion to their latest record, Never Better, released this past July.

Recorded at the same time in Joshua Tree, CA with producer Gabe Wax (known for his work with artists such as Soccer Mommy and Adrienne Lenker), both Never Better and Better Now are filled with the band’s “inventive melodies, rich harmonies, and lush instrumentals” (Associated Press) and reflect their personal and creative growth the past few years, as they’ve faced burnout, mental health challenges and the complicated, confusing and unknown realities of life in their twenties.

“On the first record, the songs contain raw, absolute and instinctual feelings,” Wild Rivers shares. “In many ways, Better Now is the afterglow of this. We’re reflecting and understanding
that relationships change over time. Complicated situations can be just that, complicated. Feelings can remain unresolved. If the first record is bright and bold, this one is the softer
gradients in between; the sunrises and the sunsets. Both projects make up the full spectrum of who we are.”