For those unaware, there is an organic feeling to Evelyn Cools’ music. It’s dreamy, infused with her lilting vocals and illustrations of her surroundings and accompanied by a Laurel Canyon-inspired sound, her songs pull listeners into a vivid world of color and imagination.

Coming from a multi-cultural background, Evelyn is originally from Belgium but has spent her whole life moving between different corners of the world including Hong Kong, Budapest, London and now, the US. This sense of wandering is a driving force behind her songs, as well as the connectivity between people and the natural world.

Inspired by songwriters such as Stevie Nicks, Simon & Garfunkel, Lana Del Rey, and Angus & Julia Stone, Cools is recognized for her powerful lyrics and her storytelling abilities through music.

Though she began studying music as a child (piano, flute, choir, musical theater), it wasn’t until college that she first picked up the guitar and began dabbling in songwriting. While attending a university in London, the vibrancy of the local music scene combined with a musical group of friends laid the groundwork for her to find her own voice and focus on creating original music.

Since 2018, Cools has lived in different parts of the U.S., moving between California, New York, New Jersey, and Arizona. During her time traversing the country, she found inspiration in America’s vast nature, crossed paths with incredibly talented people who eventually became her creative team, and released the critically acclaimed EP Misfit Paradise as well as her first song in her mother-tongue, Flemish.

The cumulative product of these transformative years is the eagerly awaited Wilder Mind, an enchanting collection of 4 songs that will be released June 2nd, 2023.

1. Loving You
2. Wilder Mind
3. Control
4. Into Your World

This beautifully-curated, heartfelt and wholly spirited new recording opens on the hauntingly ethereal Loving You, and then brings us the acoustically-imbibed, mid-tempo pop ebb and flow of the delightful Wilder Mind, this all-too-short EP rounding out on the quieter, more delicately-hued Control, coming to a close on the gracefully slender Into Your World.

Described as “the epitome of West Coast, classic, old-school kind of music”, Cools continues to set herself apart as a storyteller and songwriter extraordinaire.

www.ecoolsmusic.com