The North Sound is entering a new era of joy, fearlessness, and connectivity. Forged deep in Treaty 7 Territory, where the prairies rush towards the foothills, partners Forrest Eaglespeaker and Nevada Eaglespeaker have been matching alt-country roots with indie-rock riffs since emerging as a duo in 2019. Combining multi-instrumentalist Forrest’s decades touring in rock bands and vocalist/composer Nevada’s nuanced, artistic approach, this duo is the sound of two people who have stuck it out and found a collective voice.

The pair’s pressing, contemporary lyrics pair perfectly with their timeless sound. Of particular inspiration are the historic moments when country, punk, and rock collide; the messy spaces where these genres, always rooted in strong storytelling, break down and rebuild. The North Sound fearlessly fuse genres and brew up a soundworld to suit each tune, until, as Nevada puts it, “each song feels like us.”

Today, they share “Young Soul”, the first of several new singles written from a place of overwhelm—societal, informational, systemic. This overwhelm is grounded in a personal place; on the new single Forrest sings, ‘I was born at the end of ’92 / that’s the last time I didn’t have work to do’. “We were raised by a generation where work was the thing, and we’re constantly told if we work harder, our conditions will change,” Forrest reflects.

“Being a ‘Young Soul' means letting go of the things in life that don’t bring you joy and fulfillment. There’s no universal truth to what those are, it’s up to you to be brave enough to find those things and wise enough to let them go. No one enjoys life more than a child racing their bike or climbing a tree. We all need more of that in our lives.”

Forrest, who is a drummer by trade, misbehaved himself into music. “I was a troublesome child,” he recalls, “and my parents figured I needed some discipline, and put me into cadets.” Forrest started playing in the drum line, touring around Ontario; soon, music became a survival skill. “In the neighbourhood I grew up in, there was a lot of addiction, abuse, and violence, and I gravitated towards writing. It’s the thing that separated my outcome from the outcomes of a lot of people around me.”

By his teens, Forrest was writing full songs, connecting not only with himself but also his family’s legacy as storytellers, as the last name Eaglespeaker suggests. He found himself playing in prog bands in Saskatoon’s hardcore scene, and eventually founded The North Sound. But the band had to transform—it was a quartet, a six-piece, a trio, a solo project—before coming home as a duo between Forrest and Nevada. While Forrest had been playing constantly, this was Nevada’s chance to tap into her musical childhood, and for the two of them to breathe fresh life into this project.

In The North Sound’s new work, you can hear them learning to yield control and trust even deeper. “When you create something so vulnerable together, your only options are to fix yourself or implode everything” Forrest laughs. While the couple have been “working in survival mode” throughout their decade-and-a-half-long relationship, their latest songs show how they’re “putting down that survival and really processing it.”

The North Sound has ample experience articulating darkness. Their first full-length, As The Stars Explode, was a recovery record produced during active addiction; 2025’s What It Takes involved rediscovering what life is like post-addiction, working through the dark stuff that remained. While these albums beautifully crystallize challenging times, the constant replaying of these themes started to feel like a subtle form of re-traumatization. With their new songs, “it’s been nice to connect with people beyond the topic of recovery.”

This duo, who have known each other since Nevada played flute and Forrest played drums in the same high school band class, are now on a new adventure: as parents. Key to Forrest’s Blackfoot culture, family is fundamental beyond what our society tries to dictate. Far from separate from The North Sound, the couple’s young girls are leading the band into its next phase. They’re teaching Nevada “how to be an artist and a mother at the same time”; they’re “a big source of inspiration, showing us parts of ourselves while being their own unique people”; and they’re changing “how we move in the world, as musicians and as human beings.” “I operate more softly than I used to,” Forrest mentions, “knowing how much they rely on my vulnerability and sensitivity.” Despite the challenges that come with it, Nevada and Forrest are thriving as they listen deeper and collaborate more than ever before—and you can hear it in every harmony from The North Sound.