Eaves Wilder makes her commanding return with “Everybody Talks,” a breakneck, charged-up track that marks the start of a bold new era for the London artist. Fresh from a period of reflection, reinvention and growth, Wilder’s new offering sees her more self-assured than ever; all high-stakes energy, razor-sharp lyrics and unapologetic intent.
Built on fast, driving rhythms, artfully unrelenting chant-like vocals, with a structure that just keeps escalating in size and volume, “Everybody Talks” feels like the work of an artist who has truly arrived, fearlessly. Wilder cites the urgency of The Walkmen’s “The Rat” and the chantability of Pulp’s “Common People” as touchstones on a sonically rich track which straddles the duality of brightness and bite.
Accompanying the track is a visual that places Eaves in the heart of the live music experience – headphones on, deadpan expression unshaken as festival crowds swirl around her: sharply ironic. All footage was filmed at festivals and gigs all over the UK, many of which are under threat due to lack of government funding in the arts. Please consider donating to The Music Venue trust to help keep these buildings up.
Exploring the chaos of modern life and the exhaustion that comes with constant noise, “Everybody Talks” captures the moment where overstimulation boils over. In a literal sense, Wilder says of the single: “I think we are generally at a point where everybody talks way too much… and most people need to literally shut the fuck up. In the club, your favourite song is about to come on – the chorus is about to hit – and then some fucking idiot comes up behind you and chats your ear off, and you miss the drop.”
To a greater extent, it’s about everything just feeling ‘too much’: “Some days, it feels like you’ve got so many people talking in your head, to a point where it’s way too noisy to be able to get out of it. Online, the conversation is so angry and stupid and people just want to hear themselves speak. It seems like the whole world is just full of people chatting shit and fighting. I wanted to write something that felt relentless – like it was almost too much. Because that’s how it feels right now.”
Wilder signed to Secretly Canadian when she was freshly 18. Now 22, she returns with a matured, sharper edge, while continuing to distill the chaos of the world into music that is both intensely personal and universally cathartic. Possessing a clear depth and passion for sound, Wilder is a genuine music connoisseur, her influences steeped in rich musical lineage: her style draws from the dreamy, textured worlds of Cocteau Twins, Slowdive and Lush, the grit of Jane’s Addiction and the spirit of 90s indie labels, while also weaving in the fresh energy of artists like Wet Leg, CMAT and Wolf Alice. The result is a rich blend that feels both rooted and current.
