rom the Eyrie is Bewilder's debut LP, but in a lot of ways, it feels like their first proper release. The duo of vocalist/guitarist George Brooks and multi-instrumentalist Thom Wilkinson have been playing as Bewilder for over a decade now. Yet, From the Eyrie feels fresh with the urgency of a young band's first demo tape balanced with the precision and maturity that only time together can cultivate. Where the band's previous EPs might have been considered promising but perhaps undeveloped, From the Eyrie takes a more sophisticated approach and feels complete and fully formed. The seeds that would blossom into From the Eyrie were sown in 2019 when Brooks and Wilkinson began sending each other demos-they'd always operated this way, sending tracks back and forth, so when COVID hit and everything locked down, their process wasn't disrupted. In fact, things began speeding up. "Twin Lakes" was finished in May 2020, and both agreed the bar had been set for what a Bewilder song could be. When they heard the full demo of the track, violins and all, they set out to make a record as full-bodied and layered as possible. For Brooks, who'd grown up on classic emo bands like American Football, the goal was to make something that tapped into those feelings without retreading old ground.