For the latest In The Spotlight podcast, Bill Cummings is joined by emerging artist Eaves Wilder, who releases her debut album Little Miss Sunshine on the 17th of April via Secretly Canadian. They talk about her songwriting, the new album, her recent single ‘Hurricane Girl’, the use of naturalistic imagery to express inner turmoil and the inspiration of grunge and Pearl Jam. As well as anxiety, ADHD and the trigger of big crowds and loud sounds.
They also discuss TikTok, the importance of music venues, expectations upon female artists compared to men, mental health, AI, Lily Allen, how underrated Throwing Muses are, and much more. Listen here:
Eaves releases her euphoric new single ‘Mountain Sized’ today, The transcendent new track transforms a crisis of purpose into an explosive sense of release.
After a run of acclaimed singles and a debut EP, the North London artist 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).
LIVE DATES| 2026
18 March–Amber’s, Manchester (with Alice Merton)
19 March–Exchange, Bristol (with Alice Merton)
20 March–Village Underground, London (with Alice Merton)
4 April–Stockton Calling, Stockton
15 May–The Great Escape, Brighton
16 May-Get Together Festival, Sheffield (with Fat Dog)
23 May-Dot To Dot, Bristol
24 May–Dot To Dot, Nottingham
23 August–GreenMan Festival, Brecon Beacons
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