Wild Rivers - Songs to Break Up To (2020) Hi Res

Bands share a whole lot more than just music. They encounter and endure life’s ups, downs, and everything in between as a collective. Along the way, band members grow individually and collectively. Following a year highlighted by 150-plus shows, Wild Rivers transpose personal experiences into relatable anthems woven from strands of folk, indie, rock, pop, country, and beyond. Their 2020 EP, Songs To Break Up To, brings Wild Rivers Khalid Yassein (guitar, vocals, keys), Devan Glover (vocals, bass), Andrew Oliver (lead guitar, bass), and Julien Laferrière (drums) closer as it also draws listeners in.

The EP was very personal for me specifically, but building it out with the band was a big step for all of us as friends. I spend 95% of my time with my bandmates. We’re a family, so we go through everything together. It’s autobiographical, but the group saw the vision and were empathetic. It went from a singular experience to everyone serving the vision tonally and musically.