When Rivers Meet

Lockdown helped them build a fan base, Aaron aspires to the silver screen, communication is key, one of their albums was a chart first...

- Chris Lord

To chat with When Rivers Meet is to bask in the warm, friendly energy of Grace and Aaron Bond. Based on the Essex coastline (but very much 'have van, will travel' sorts), the couple's staunchly independent blues-rock band has been making some serious waves of late. In less than a decade their mixture of soul-soaked blues and gritty, swaggering rock has taken them from the most humble beginnings as a function duo playing pubs to the upper echelons of the charts. Not that it's changed them one iota.

The title track from their new album, Addicted To You, is about them, Aaron says.

“We've been together for over twenty years and we're still like that.”

“Maybe that's what makes it work,” Grace adds. They often finish each other's sentences.

“We're intense and we wanted to get that in the songs!” They say they've sat on this album for longer than any of their previous ones, so they're now more than ready to share the results – “heavier harmonies, more layers, more musicians” – with the world.

They've developed a unique bond as a married couple in a band.