Eaves Wilder Announces Album: Little Miss Sunshine

North London’s Eaves Wilder has announced her highly anticipated debut album Little Miss Sunshine, to be released 17 April 2026. To mark the news, she also shares her new single ‘Hurricane Girl’ – a storm-lit statement of intent that tears open the portal to Wilder’s expansive new world. Stream ‘Hurricane Girl’ now and watch the music video, directed by Douglas Reddan.

The new track is a sensational synergy of diaphanous shoegaze harmonies and elemental rock guitars, erupting into fuzzed-out dream rock with explosive live drums. Wilder’s soft, intimate vocals slice through a haze of electric riffs, blending sweetness and strength; it’s high-voltage and hyper-femme, heavy and ethereal all at once.

“This is my go at cock rock. I love Pearl Jam, I love Janes Addiction, I love Stone Temple Pilots, Sound Garden, Aerosmith. I love how swaggering and soaring they sound. The first time I ever listened to Pearl Jam, I was up a mountain, and I wanted to make mountain music too. Songs with elemental scale.” – Eaves Wilder

On the creation of ‘Hurricane Girl’, Eaves says how the song went from being about those who suck you in and leave a trail of devastation, to becoming one of self-reflection, leading to naming the album Little Miss Sunshine: “I want to have a sunny disposition, but that’s not naturally the case. Male songwriters who are subject to extreme mood swings – that somehow becomes part of what makes them a genius. So, I think it’s important, if you’re a woman, to be upfront about your mood swings. Because we often have more of an excuse – and it’s unhealthy to suppress it.”

The path to Wilder’s debut album began, paradoxically, with a period of silence. After a run of acclaimed singles and a debut EP, she stepped back from music entirely, hitting pause and questioning her creative direction so intensely she nearly walked away for good (she even, at one point, Googled nunneries). But the distance became a catalyst. Space brought clarity. Her purpose crystallised: to go big – truly big.

This “bigness” isn’t about commercial scale but emotional and elemental magnitude. Yes, a bigger sound, but also music that would make her feel tectonic – like a hurricane, a mountain, or the sun. Forces with singular intent, while Wilder felt she had too much. “I wasn’t having a nervous breakdown; I was just a hurricane making a whirlwind. I am not stubborn, I’m a mountain. Clouds aren’t pathetic when they cry, so why am I?”.

Removed from the outside world and working in isolation in her shed – where she arranges, writes and produces – she began work on her debut full-length, an escapist creation born within four walls. “I want to make worlds now”, Eaves said of returning to her musical calling. The album has been co-produced with Andy Savours (My Bloody Valentine, The Killers, The Horrors, Black Country, New Road, Sorry).

‘Hurricane Girl’ follows what we now know to be the first taster of the record: ‘Everybody Talks’, which dropped back in November to high praise. Premiering on BBC 6Music with Lauren Laverne, the breakneck, charged-up anthem saw Eaves return at her most raw, observant and musically fearless.

Built on fast, driving rhythms and relentless chant-like vocals, the track was released as Eaves’ output to modernity’s overwhelm, but the song began from her experiences playing support shows/festivals, where she felt, quite literally, that ‘everybody talks’! The accompanying visual places the artist in the heart of where she feels most at home: at UK gigs and festivals. Footage was filmed at events all over the UK, many of which are under threat due to lack of government funding in the arts. Eaves asks to consider donating to The Music Venue Trust to help keep these buildings up. Watch here.

Possessing a clear depth and passion for sound, Eaves is a genuine music connoisseur, her new album sketching out a new landscape full of Eaves’ musical heroes: the dreamtime pop of Cocteau Twins, Slowdive and Lush, the full-on rock blast of Jane’s Addiction, and a sister-energy to Wet Leg, CMAT, and Wolf Alice. The result is a rich blend that feels both rooted and current.

Eaves Wilder has supported acts such as Kate Nash, The Libertines, Sir Chloe, Divorce and Nadine Shah and has performed at major festivals including Glastonbury (where she made a surprise appearance on The Other Stage), Green Man, The Great Escape, Pitchfork Paris, and Reeperbahn. Her previous project, debut EP Hookey (2023), was release to critical acclaim, tracks having garnered significant support from BBC Radio

1 (Clara Amfo, Jack Saunders, Future Alternative) and 6Music (Lauren Laverne, Chris Hawkins, Huw Stephens, New Music Fix), as well from press outlets such as NME, DIY, The FADER, NOTION, The Independent, The Sunday Times, CLASH, DORK, The Line of Best Fit and The Telegraph. Online, her Lana Del Rey cover has already racked up over 775k views on TikTok, and her fanbase continues to grow.

LIVE DATES | 2026

29 Jan – The Great Escape Presents @ The Old Blue Last, London

16 May – Get Together Festival, Sheffield (with Fat Dog)

23 May – Dot To Dot, Bristol

24 May – Dot To D