Wild Rivers Release Never Better Companion Album Better Now Ahead Of UK Live Dates

by | Oct 21, 2024

Just three months after the release of their acclaimed album, Never Better, Platinum-selling trio Wild Rivers – Khalid Yassein, Devan Glover and Andrew Oliver – are back with a new companion album, Better Now, via Nettwerk Music Group. In conjunction with the release, the official music video for album track, Still The One, is also out now.

The new album comes ahead of their run of live dates in the UK & Ireland which kicks off on the 14th November in Glasgow and includes London at O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire on the 19th November.

Wild Rivers

Wild Rivers (Justin Broadbent)
Wild Rivers (Justin Broadbent)

Produced by Wild Rivers and Gabe Wax (Soccer Mommy, Adrienne Lenker), Better Now consists of eight tracks that complement Never Better, as the group dives deeper into the complicated, confusing and unknown realities of life in their twenties, and the personal growth they’ve found through it all. In celebration of the new music, the band was recently featured on CBS Saturday Morning performing three songs as part of their Saturday Sessions series: Never Better, What Kind of Song and Thinkin’ Bout Love.

Of the project, Wild Rivers share: “Better Now is our companion record, and the other side to Never Better. On the first record, the songs contain raw, absolute and instinctual feelings. 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. Better Now is just the moodier, misunderstood one. Musically the records really are twins. We wrote all of the songs at the same time. Finishing Better Now, we really felt that it was the close of a massive musical and personal chapter. It’s bittersweet but so meaningful to be able to chronicle our lives between these projects. Ultimately, we are optimistic; ‘better now,’ after the ups and downs of the relationships and turbulence of our twenties. Hopefully we’re wiser for it.

Known for their engaging live performances, Wild Rivers will tour across Europe next month, with upcoming shows in Germany, Switzerland, France, Scotland and the U.K. The international dates follow the band’s recent sold-out U.S. headline run, which included shows at New York’s Irving Plaza, Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium, Los Angeles’ Fonda Theater, Austin’s Scoot Inn, Chicago’s Vic Theater and Denver’s Ogden Theater among many others. See below for complete tour itinerary.

Check out the video for Still The One below:

Formed during their time at Queen’s University in Ontario, Wild Rivers have released three albums to date including 2022’s Sidelines, which landed at #9 on the U.S. Spotify Debut Album Chart. Released to critical acclaim. Following the release of Sidelines, the trio were 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. The group also spent much of their career touring across the world including countless headline shows as well as dates supporting artist such as The Chicks and Noah Kahan.

Upcoming UK & Ireland Tour Dates with special guest Riley Pearce:

NOVEMBER
13th – Glasgow, QMU
15th – Dublin, Button Factory
17th – Bristol, SWX
19th – London, O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire
22nd – Manchester, Manchester Academy
24th – Birmingham, O2 Institute
26th – Leeds, Project House
27th – Cardiff, Tramshed

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