Sidelines

Weatherman

Better When We're Falling Apart

Long Time

Safe Flight

Amsterdam

Bedrock

Neon Stars

Thinking 'Bout Love

Thinking 'Bout Love (feat. WRABEL)

Amsterdam (Kidswaste Remix)

Long Time (Cabu Remix)

Our Debut EP! Check devanandkhalid.bandcamp.com for details and contact information.

Paul Simon

Don't

Never Better

Everywhere I Go

Cave

Anyways, I Love You

Dance

Backfire

Better Now

What Kind of Song

Simp Song

Freezing

Settle Down

Backfire (Better with James)

Wild Rivers | OurVinyl Sessions

Neon Stars (OurVinyl Sessions)

Backfire (OurVinyl Sessions)

Anyways, I Love You (OurVinyl Sessions)

Never Better (OurVinyl Sessions)

Simp Song (Better with Madi)

Freezing (Better with Laci) [feat. Laci Kaye Booth]

Anyways, I Love You (Better with Allen) [feat. Allen Stone]

Our debut single under our new band name, Wild Rivers. We're unbelievably excited for this step, please listen, share, and download it for FREE!

by Wild Rivers
Lyrics: Khalid Yassein & Devan Glover
Music: Khalid Yassein
Vocals: Khalid Yassein & Devan Glover
Guitar, bass, piano, mandolin: Khalid Yassein
Drums: Ben Labenski

Produced and mixed by Dan Hosh at Catherine North Studios (Hamilton, Ontario). 
Mastered by Stephen Pitkin.
Released October 29th, 2015


Lyrics:
I wish I met you, further along
Gave you my older heart, still and strong
But I wouldn't have a fire like I do today
Oh it burns for you babe

Oh, you got nothing on my tendency to be led astray
Oh, it took a blindside hit to show me the right of way

When your footsteps conquer the streets
From your eyes to the soles of your feet
May my body and heart remain wild
For I'm a wandering child

I could keep an arms length, so I don't fall
I never learned to punch with my back against the wall
Oh no, I gotta let it go

And I got a feeling, deep in my bones
I can't sit still when there's a space up in the road
There's a fire coming on you in your lane
Oh it burns for you babe

Oh, you got nothing on my tendency to be led astray
Oh, it took a blindside hit to show me the right of way

When your footsteps conquer the streets
From your eyes to the soles of your feet
May my body and heart remain wild
For I'm a wandering child

And I hope to god the time ain't wrong
And I hope to god the time ain't wrong
Cause I can't be hanging on like this for long

Wandering Child

CHECK OUT THE OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO HERE:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PjNUO3YDfQ

Title: Already Gone
Artist: Wild Rivers
Music & Lyrics: Khalid Yassein
Vocals: Devan Glover & Khalid Yassein
Drums: Ben Labenski
Guitars, Bass, Piano, Mandolin: Khalid Yassein

Produced, recorded and mixed by Dan Hosh at Catherine North Studios (Hamilton, ON). 
Mastered by Stephen Pitkin. 

Released February 3rd, 2016.

Video by Kevin A Courtney at KC Productions

Already Gone

"Do Right" by Wild Rivers, released March 1st 2017.

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Credits:
Arranged and performed by Wild Rivers
Music and Lyrics: Khalid Yassein
Vocals: Devan Glover, Khalid Yassein
Guitars/Bass: Andrew Oliver, Khalid Yassein
Drums/Percussion: Ben Labenski
Piano: Khalid Yassein

Produced, recorded and mixed by Dan Hosh at Catherine North Studios (Hamilton, ON)
Mastered by Stephen Pitkin

Artwork by Robert John Paterson (www.robertjohnpaterson.com/)


Lyrics:
We took a damn long drive
You were singing death cab
While I harmonized 

Your chest can fall and rise 
Movin like the needle drop, 
On my 45

Chorus
I don't wanna go
I don't wanna play dead yet
I've had moments
Faked a smile the moment I forget it
Walk a tight rope
But we're standing three feet off the ground
You should keep close 
Cause we might just make it through the night 
We're puttin up a fight
We could do right

And now at such great heights
I'm not looking down
I won't split
With every bark and every bite
We could go another round
Or we could call it quits

Chorus

We could do right 

Chorus

Do Right

Thinking 'Bout Love (Acoustic)

Love Gone Wrong - Single

Love Gone Wrong

As a band, Wild Rivers have never been better. This goes double for the band as individuals, even as they settle in different cities and grow into themselves as adults. Together since college, Devan Glover [vocals], Khalid Yassein [guitar, vocals, keys], and Andrew Oliver [lead guitar] have put down roots in new places and tackled coming-of-age obstacles. After nine years together, they’ve always found their way back to each other, rather like a marriage. And that’s why their new, forthcoming album, the follow-up to 2022’s folk-rock triumph Sidelines, will be called Never Better.


An earnest, soul-baring look at where they’ve been and where they’re going, Never Better (co-produced with Gabe Wax, who has previously worked with The War On Drugs, Soccer Mommy, Adrianne Lenker, and Jeremy Zucker) showcases Wild Rivers’ joy around being together, particularly after they’ve faced burnout, mental health challenges, and extended periods away from home, among other things. “Being in music is like a deal with the devil,” Khalid says of band life. “You have to give up so much, but you have the opportunity to have the richest experiences of your life. You have to ride the wave and not put too much weight on the highs or the lows. It took us a long time to learn, but that’s a real mindset shift for us.”


Recording in Joshua Tree, Devan, Khalid, and Andrew initially set out to just unplug, reconnect, and rediscover the beauty in creating. Soon, they realized they potentially had a new record on their hands—the results of which appear on Never Better, an album that finds Wild Rivers letting go of their studio-perfectionist tendencies and capturing the energy of their uninhibited live shows. “We used to think it was important to be precious,” says Devan. “I used to take five hours to record a vocal and not be happy until it was perfect. Now I think we're more instinct-driven. I realize now that it’s  actually much more of a skill to be able to do four takes and be like, ‘that's the one,’ because the feeling is there, even if it isn't technically perfect.”


For Never Better, Wild Rivers reimagined their studio process, recording a number of elements live off the floor. “We actively wanted to have a lot more fun making this record,” Andrew adds of recording as a live band. “It's way more enjoyable to record songs all together and be able to see each other laughing and reacting to moments, rather than slowly building it up one little thing at a time where someone goes into a room by themselves. We wanted to maintain that connection the whole time.” 


As they look to the future, Wild Rivers are placing a new emphasis on finding balance and taking care of themselves on the road. Devan says. “We’ve gone through really difficult times, mentally, and the strain of being on tour can take a toll. Mental health has always been top of mind for us, and we want to find that balance for ourselves and help other people with the issues that we're struggling with."


Wild Rivers’ effortless synchronicity shines through on the gorgeously harmonized anthem “Everywhere I Go,” which builds from a piano-based jog to a full-fledged sprint with propulsive drums and shimmering keys. "I was thinking about my grandpa, who I was very close to. He passed away a few years ago,” Khalid says. “He was the only other musical person in my family. We used to sit at the piano and play together. He was one of the funniest people I've ever met. I was thinking about how something benign can remind you of someone who's gone and how it can elicit a powerful emotion. It’s the positive feeling of holding on to a memory of something that's inherently sad but beautiful and uplifting.”


Elsewhere, on the swaying “Cave”—pieced together in Nashville and London —Wild Rivers sing wanting something regardless of consequence. “It’s about caving to temptation,” Andrew says. “The temptation being something you know might not be the right thing, but you’re down to just give into it.”


Similarly, the bright and cheery title track gives itself over to the thrill—and risk—of romance. "We have so many breakup songs—so many heartache, pouring-our-souls-out songs," Khalid says. "We are in our 20s, we've had fun experiences and made mistakes in life. The concept of the song is when you're in a messed-up, secret hookup situation. And someone asks 'How's it going with this person?' And you say, 'Never better.' It's a tongue-in-cheek reference to romantic chaos and throwing caution to the wind."


Finally, of the earnest piano ballad “Backfire,” Devan says, “The demo I made was piano and vocals, and the band had the idea to make it more crunchy guitar, lean slightly more '90s, which I never imagined when writing it. It's more story-based. It's more of a build. It felt like what we have done best up until this point. It feels like a bridge from what we've been doing to the new era.”


Khalid adds, “As soon as I heard ‘Backfire,’ I was like, ‘Oh, this is completely Devan as a person. I just believed every moment of it. Vocally, you can hear that. We were all moved by that. It's one of our favorites of the record. It’s really emotional, really unabashed.”


Just as Wild Rivers move from one exciting stage of their career to the next, they are very much still figuring out what it means to grow together. Their journey, filled with peaks, valleys, and everything in between, has never been more beautiful to witness.

Wild Rivers

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