Into the unknown: Indie-folk band Wild Rivers’ new release is a coming-of-age album that captures all the uncertainties, longings, and struggles that young adulthood has to offer. The Canadian trio of Khalid Yassein, Devan Glover, and Andrew Oliver artfully blend pop, rock, indie, and folk on Sidelines, the 10-track record. “I got this friend I like to carry on my shoulders / He looks a lot like me, I sort of hoped we’d grow apart as we got older / But he’s getting awful heavy,” sings Yassein on “Bedrock,” an instrumentally upbeat yet lyrically introspective song about struggling with depression. Ultimately, this is an album about embracing the unknown. “Your perception of a sure thing is rarely a sure thing,” says Yassein. “It’s more fruitful to just live life in the moment and take everything as it goes. It’s okay to be wrong.”
Friday 2/11. $20-22, 8pm. The Jefferson Theater, 110 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. jeffersontheater.com
