(EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW) EVILLE: “we’re really trying to hammer home that this is us, and this is what we sound like.”
Co-ed groups are often the perfect blend of sound, ideas, and influences, and EVILLE are no exception.
The trio consisting of Eva (vocals and guitars), Milo (drums), and Jude (bass) are a multi-talented group. For their young age, they are not only incredibly talented, but dedicated and self-assured. Their debut EP, Brat Metal, sees them tackle their own take on the brat sound, and what's clear is they have a strong vision of just what they want to bring to the industry. Choosing to not being placed in a box sound-wise, instead having a go at everything because, well, why not?
SpinVybe sat down with the members who are a testament to young artists who try to resist media trends and virality and instead focus on their craft. After all, they’re musicians first, not content creators. The future of music is in safe hands with EVILLE in it, and we're thrilled to have them featured in today's interview segment.
SpinVybe: On release days, do you usually have a strong feeling about which song you think people will gravitate toward, or does it always surprise you?
Eva: Since this is our first proper body of work, this is all really new to us. It’s such an exciting new experience that we're all going through. We did have a feeling that “Accidents happen” would be the one that people would gravitate towards.
Milo: But you honestly never really know which song's going to hit and which won’t. But that said, I do think “Bikini Top” seems to be doing slightly better on socials.
SV: Your debut EP Brat Metal is such a strong mix of heavy metal and definitely lives up to the name. How did you decide on the sound for the EP and make sure it really reflected you and left your stamp on it?
Jude: I suppose that’s really the point. It’s called Brat Metal, and we were really trying to hammer home that this is us, and this is what we sound like. We’ve basically created our own thing, and we’ve had people going, “Oh, but is this really brat metal? Is it even metal?” And the answer is yes, we've had to do it all; we made it, this is ours. And in terms of the sound itself, the instruments, and the style, we drew lots of inspiration from Limp Bizkit and current bands like Bring Me the Horizon.
SV: It's very Bring Me the Horizon. I thought it’s on par with their album “Survival Horror”. It sounded like its little sister, the teenage bratty version?
Eva: That’s kind of what the aim was for sure.
Jude: (laughs, showing T-shirt) and I’m even wearing my Bring Me the Horizon T-shirt.
SV: Did you grow up listening to these bands?
Jude: I didn't. I'm a late bloomer with them.
SV: Sorry to ask, but how old are all of you? (laughs)
Eva: Me and Jude are 21.
Milo: And I’m old at 24 (laughs).
SV: Wow, babies! (laughs) Considering your age, you’ve nailed the 00’s-2010’s aesthetic and sound perfectly. As a female-fronted metal band, what does it mean for you to be leading that space right now? Have you felt pressure to break down stereotypes?
Eva: I wouldn't say I’ve felt pressured to break down stereotypes, but it’s definitely something that I strive to do as a woman in metal. I feel like there’s often a stereotype or an idea of what a woman fronting a metal band “should” be, and I kind of want to break that. I like looking very stereotypically feminine…. and then screaming and playing guitar (laughs).
SV: I love the attitude and, of course, the Hello Kitty outfits (laughs).
Eva: Yep (laughs), that's kind of what I enjoy doing. But honestly, I always advocate for women and people in general to just wear whatever you want and do whatever makes you happy just go out there and do it. Don't worry about what other people think, don't feel like you have to conform to anything, just do what feels right for you.
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SV: I think that's going to resonate with a lot of people. Because as someone with blonde hair and also loves the colour pink. It can feel a bit ostracising when you're in a space where people look at you like you don't belong there. Do you ever feel like you have to look a certain way to fit that kind of music? Is that what your experience has been?
Eva: Well, personally, I just love pink, and I love being blonde too (laughs). It feels very authentically me, like, this is just who I am. So it naturally feels right for me. I just dress how I like to dress, and I also just happen to love metal, so… It's kind of like those two worlds collided, and on their own naturally.
SV: And it works very well. You all come across as a group who genuinely follow whichever creative path you want. Where does all that confidence come from, especially in such a fast-paced world where it's so difficult to get people to notice anything new?
Milo: Honestly, I have absolutely no idea. (laughs) I feel like it's almost this idea of, Fuck it, we'll do whatever we want to do. (laughs)
Eva: That definitely is our mantra, if you will. We talk about this all the time, don't we, Jude? We just want to play whatever genre we're feeling at the moment. We don't like being put into a box.
Jude: Part of me feels like that’s not really confidence. I don't feel confident just by saying, “Oh, I want to do what I want with music.” I feel that to me, that should be the bare minimum. That's just what music is. I'm not going to sit down and write something I don't actually want to make. Knowing that we're writing what we want and trusting that people will like it. That’s where the confidence part comes in.
Milo: None of us really come from an industry background. Eva’s dad always played music, and I definitely grew up around music with my dad. But Jude and I didn't have any of that growing up. We've never had rules drilled into us about what music “should” be or how it “should” sound. I think that gives us a really fresh perspective on things.
Eva: I think we also like to keep people guessing. We enjoy not being predictable. It's quite fun to throw in elements of brat metal that people wouldn’t expect. We’ve been writing a lot of songs recently that I don't think people would expect from us, and I think that's fun, and that's what keeps it fresh.
Jude: Yeah, that's something I hadn’t really considered before. We all had separate musical journeys, without any mentors. We each found our own way with music, and even learning our instruments, we didn't really do a lot of formal teaching. We all just kind of did it ourselves. So, I think that's why that's such a normal thing to us, to make the music we like. I taught myself how to produce because I kept hearing songs in my head, and I wanted to make them. That’s pretty much how we all did it.
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SV: So growing up, music was clearly a big part of your lives?
Eva: Yeah, I've been around music my whole life. My dad's played in bands, although he did very different music to me; he was punk, and I've ended up in metal. (laughs)
Milo: My dad's always been massively into music, but he desperately wanted me to be a footballer. After years of trying, and me being terrible at, well, all sports (laughs), we gave up on football; he tried every other sport that he could think of. (laughs)
But every time, what I'd enjoy most about going to do the sport was the drive there, where we'd listen to so much music together.
Jude: I've always been around music too. I had the older sister thing, where she was putting me into new bands. So I had my emo phase, that full 2010s emo era. I kind of was “No, I'm not emo” in, like, the most emo way (laughs). But the whole time I actually wanted to be an actor, and then I was like, 'Actually, I don't like this; I want to do music,' so I just did.
SV: What made you want to lean towards the 00/10s? Because some people would want to steer away from the past, but you guys seem to have blended nostalgia with your own kind of twist. Where did you get that inspiration from? Or was it just a case of the three of you coming together and just creating your own style?
Eva: I think it is definitely a case of the three of us coming together, and it just felt natural. It's very authentic; it wasn't necessarily a conscious decision, it just felt right.
Milo: I feel that there's a lot of music we like that is also from that period. We listen to a mix of 90s to 2010’s, and it means that an awful lot of our cues and what we look at often come from there. Like, for example Limp Bizkit, as we’re all big nu-metal fans, and even a little bit of Britney Spears (laughs).
SV: Visuals seem to be a big part of your identity. Do you see your music videos as an extension to your songs, or do you see them more as a separate creative project?
Jude: Definitely an extension. I think they are one thing that you can enjoy separately, but with, say, "BR4T MBL", that's the video we spent a lot of time on. That was always the vision; as soon as we were going to make a song about cars, we knew there needed to be a really cool video and a BR4T MBL. So I think sometimes we approach things knowing exactly what visuals we want, and then sometimes we don't. With “No pictures, please”, I edited up a lyric video. And we didn't really know what we were going to do for that up until I just did it. So I think the visuals in general are a very big thing for us, getting nice, cool press shots. We want our aesthetic to be just as consumable as our music.
Milo: We're quite lucky, because Jude and Eva are both really good artists as well, so if we need something drawn up or made, they're great at it. You know, I get my crayons out, but it's nowhere near as good (laughs) as anything,visual-wise, we're able to create ourselves.
SV:Did you do anything arty at college or university, or was it literally this that has opened the world of creativity?
Eva: You know, I didn't really go to college or university. Or school, actually (laughs), but I did actually want to do art, like painting originally, but I never felt fully fulfilled until I found music.
Jude: I've always said, I am a solely creative person; I don't have one academic bone in my body (laughs). And I went to a secondary school that was geared towards creativity, instead of academics, because I just knew that was for me. And then I went to college for music and then university for music.
SV: Your socials do a great job of introducing you and keeping people engaged. Do you see social media as a key tool, or is it just a way to connect with fans, how do you find a balance? And with the pressure to make quick, viral content, do you embrace that or try to steer away from it?
Eva: I think social media's impact obviously has been beneficial, but also there's a great shame in how it's affected the music. It has taken some of the magic out of music a bit.
Milo: Especially with having to condense everything into 30 seconds, and I feel like there's actually a lot of pressure on artists and bands; you know, if you're not going viral on TikTok, you're doing something wrong, you know? When it's actually really hard to get a viral video, it doesn't necessarily mean there's anything wrong with the music. So that can sometimes be a big shame, we've met artists as well who will obsess over their social media and write their music to fit TikTok.
I think a lot of artists have this addiction to try and get a viral video. It's very addictive, especially when you think your music's good, or when you think that the TikTok you've made is good, and just nobody's seeing it, you think, “Oh, I reckon I could do this again, and I can do it better, or how can I get better at it?”
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SV:I think people forget that you're musicians, not content creators.
Eva: 100%
Milo: And I think, as a band, we spend quite a lot of our time making content when that time could be better used making music. But I feel like it works for us. I personally really enjoy making some of the content we make. It's hilarious to try and make content. I like doing silly videos, but at the same time, it's almost something we have to do now, it's not something we choose to do.
Jude: Yeah, the idea of social media being a place to connect with the fans sounds nice. But in reality you have to post daily and at specific times across multiple platforms, and if something does well, you have to milk that constantly. It does get draining, and it's just not real. It's part of the job, but I think it shouldn’t be. I wish we could just make a fun video once in a while or genuinely interact with fans; that's what it should be.
Eva: It should definitely be a way to interact. Because using social media to actually personally connect with the fans is really special. That’s definitely a privilege in this day and age, to be able to connect with anyone, anywhere in the world.
Jude: We've recently been doing live streams when we release a single or with the new EP on Instagram; we'll go live, and that feels authentic. The comments and the people there are really excited, and we can talk to them.
SV: On those live streams, what has the reaction been like from the fans getting to hear from you? Do you just enjoy the release together?
Jude: It's like a conversation, isn't it?
Milo: Yeah, they always have really interesting questions.
Eva: Which is cool. It’s also a very nice joint experience.
SV: Like an online community?
Eva: Yeah, it really feels like that, and we're all there together waiting for the EP, and we always do a countdown. Last time we made a cake (laughs), and that was fun. And it's just a really nice opportunity to really connect with them and hear what they actually think.
SV: Will we be seeing you tour this year or in the future?
Eva: Yes, we do have a tour at the end of next month with As Everything Unfolds; it's two dates in the UK and then three in Germany, which is fun. We've never been to Germany before, so we're really excited about that.
SV: You also did Reading this year; how was that?
Eva: Oh my god, that was surreal.
Jude: Yeah, it was really cool. It's, like, one of the biggest flexes to say, Oh, you were at Reading this year? Well, I played at Reading (laughs).
SV: When you're performing, you're not afraid to get involved with the crowd. Do you approach performing the way you'd want to experience your favourite artist at a gig as a fan?
Jude: I'd say so, yeah. If there's an access point into the crowd, I will go into it. We were watching Enter Shikari at Reading, and the bassist came right into the audience, right next to us. I thought this is awesome, and also, “We do this, so this must be what people feel like.” Maybe not to that level, but it was cool. So, yeah, my long answer to your question is yes. (laughs)
Eva: (laughs) We kind of pride ourselves on getting a mosh pit going, even a wall of death or a circle pit. It's like mosh pit bingo; that's what I like to call it. (laugh
SV: People are very hesitant to start, aren't they? You always see the hesitance.
Milo:Yes (laughs). We've ended up with an insanely high-energy set, since all of our songs are pretty high energy. It's just so much fun. It's amazing to see the crowd jumping around. We basically won't allow them to not jump around (laughs).
SV: Would you say your time together so far, Reading, has been the golden stage of your career so far?
All three: That’s a hard question….
Milo: I think it was pretty crazy, wasn't it? It was really cool being on a lineup with people like our favourite bands Bring Me The Horizon and Limp Bizkit.
Eva: That was a very special lineup. I probably would have gone and watched if we hadn't been booked. (laughs) So that definitely felt special, and we were on the t-shirts, which is cool.
Jude: Yeah, I’d say overall, definitely. But in general the stress did get to us a little bit because of how momentous this one felt. We put so much time and effort into it, and so it also kind of took a bit away from it at times. But, honestly, it was just the best experience.
SV: Do you find you put a lot of pressure on yourself before you perform?
Eva: I think it's easy to, to be honest. Especially, in general, it's normal to be nervous and normal for you to want your set to go exactly how you planned it to. I think it was just heightened at Reading, for sure.
Milo: I feel like you two especially put a lot of pressure on yourselves.
SV: You all seem very chill, by the way.
Eva: (laughs) What I get nervous about is the technical side of things. It's the things that are out of our control, you know? Because I don't get stage fright in the sense of, like, 'Oh my god, I'm going to be in front of thousands of people.' It's more about what if we have a technical difficulty in front of thousands of people?
Milo: I'm almost on the same level actually, because I'm the one who sits next to all the technical stuff. I feel like, 'Oh, I'll just be fine; I'll just press a button, and nothing's ever gone wrong,' and I'm sure it'd be more complex than that. But by the time we're sort of 10 minutes from going on stage, there's nothing more I can do.
Jude: I have blind optimism. (laughs) I do not get nervous whatsoever before. It's if something goes wrong during the show that I'm freaking out on the inside, and then I have, like, a breakdown afterwards. (laughs)
SV: So, of all that you've done so far, what's something you've learnt about yourselves as individuals, and how have you worked together since you've begun that's surprised you?
Eva: That’s a really good question.
Milo: I've learned that I’m not scared of crowds. Do you get what I mean? If I did something slightly embarrassing in front of two people, I’d be like, “Oh my god, this is the worst thing that's ever happened.” And I'll think about it for days. (laughs) But if I drop a drumstick on stage, it doesn't matter. With so many people there, I found it really surprising at how I'm not absolutely terrified. (laughs)
Eva: Something I would say that never fails to surprise me is seeing people singing the words to our songs. That never gets old. When someone comes up and asks, “Can I have a picture?” It feels very surreal. I’m like, “Wait, you know the lyrics?” It scares me a little because I’m like, 'I really can't mess up,' as they know the words and care. But it really makes it worth it, you know?
Jude: Something I learnt about myself is that music was the right choice. I always felt that way after joining the band about a year and a half ago, it just felt so natural. Being around people who also eat, sleep, and breathe this band, and putting all our time into it, I don’t feel burnt out or tired. I'm completely happy, so I think that was a little bit of a surprise. I guess there was a worry that maybe I might get into the wrong thing, but music is definitely the right thing, and I love the band.
Eva: Yeah, the three of us, like, we gelled so insanely quickly. It was a very fast thing, and it instantly just felt like, Oh yeah, this is the way it's always been, this is the right thing, this is natural.
SV: How did you all meet?
Eva: (laughs) It sounds weird. Okay, well, I met Milo when I was 16 on Join My Band, and then we met Jude through a mutual friend.
Jude: My roommate at the time was a guitarist and said how they needed a bassist, so he was like, 'Oh, Jude's a bassist.'
Eva: Then basically, we went on a night out with Jude. I didn't really know him at all or anything. And then I said to Milo, I was like, Please, we've got to get him in the band. And then we did, and it was perfect. The missing piece.
SV: And finally, what does the rest of 2025 have in store for you? What would you love to achieve in 2026?
Eva: There are a lot of goals, honestly.
Jude: So we've got Germany with As Everything Unfolds, and then we have a show with Harpy in Brighton. So that's really going to shape up the year as of now.
Milo: We're going to Ireland in 2026 too!
SV: You’re in safe hands with who you’re touring with.
Eva: Yeah, we've toured with some really amazing bands, people that I'm actually a fan of, we're very lucky.
SV: Does that ever feel intimidating? Or do you feel pressure to live up to it?
Eva: Sometimes it can feel intimidating, but other times I felt really excited to show them our music.
Milo: The two tours that we did at the start of this year, the mini one with The Hara, and then Red Hook, I was like, “Oh my god, they're big bands; they'll expect us to be really professional.” Not that we're not professional (laughs), but I thought, 'Oh, they'll expect us to turn up in a big van.' In the end, both bands were amazing, and everyone was so lovely. Another big goal for 2026 is to do festival season again.
Jude: This year's festival season was so good, and we got so much out of it. We want to do that and to make it bigger and better. Then it's just to keep making music, creating what we want. We were writing music yesterday, and every time we do it feels like our new favourite song. It follows what we were saying earlier, we make what we want to make.
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Written and Interviewed by Kirsty Bright
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