Through their mythical, genre-defying explorations of trauma, mysticism, and feminine rage, Las Vegas-based sister duo The Pretty Wild maintain a sonic identity that expands beyond this mere mortal plane. Soon to release their debut full-length album zero.point.genesis, out November 21 via Sumerian Records, The Pretty Wild have crafted a body of work that defines their ethereal desire for the unknown.
Composed of sisters Jyl and Jules Wylde, The Pretty Wild have become synonymous with limitless experimentation, interweaving themes of the paranormal with their signature sense of rebellion. After releasing their breakthrough single “sLeepwAlkeR” last year, the duo have continued to rise within the metal scene, using their hard-hitting balance of femininity and fury to set them apart from the rest.
Following the release of their inaugural LP, The Pretty Wild don’t plan on hitting the brakes any time soon, as next year will find the sisters hitting the road to support Sleep Theory on a 2026 European tour throughout February and March. And after making their festival debuts at Welcome To Rockville and Inkcarceration this year, 2026 will also find The Pretty Wild tearing up the stages at Sonic Temple, Download, and Vainstream Rockfest.
“I feel like those are going to be some of the first shows that we really unveil what we’ve been working really hard on for the live show stuff,” Jyl says of their upcoming shows with Sleep Theory. “And a lot of that’s still a secret. So we just can’t wait. That’s going to be where everything kind of comes together.”
The duo’s upcoming shows with Sleep Theory will find them performing their debut studio album in its entirety, and they say the reality of such a monumental release still hasn’t set in just yet.
“I don’t think it’s really going to feel real for me and very visceral until I get to hold a copy of the vinyl – then it might finally start to click,” Jules admits.
Jyl adds, “The album really is a culmination of so many things that, even before we sat down to write it, we were working on and embodying in ourselves. So, to see it become something that’s physical in reality is just going to be unreal.”
Fueled by raw vulnerability and divine energy, zero.point.genesis finds The Pretty Wild conveying a newfound maturity and fearlessness. Through unbridled tracks like “PARADOX” and “hALf aLiVE,” the Wylde sisters embrace both haunting mystery and profound self-reflection.
“This album really is a feminine becoming album in a lot of ways,” Jyl says. “It’s just been this awesome evolution to really see us as sisters become more confident with each other, and have and hold that energy and help other women really feel that as well and leave behind toxic feminine ways and really embrace collaborative energy and seeing how we’re just more powerful when we combine our efforts together.”
Regarding the sound of the new record, Jules says, “I think also we grew and pushed ourselves in different ways creatively, and we both were really supportive of that. We tried different things. We tried to go to different places. Not only with instrumentation, but also just vocal parts, and the maturity of the writing and the depth of the writing.”
The album is as authentic a body of work as it is personal, with Jyl and Jules describing the record as a culmination of everything they’ve grown to understand about themselves over the last couple of years. While the project is intentionally multi-layered, learning to embrace and explore your femininity is a defining throughline.
“It’s no secret the whole album is really rooted in mysticism,” Jyl says. “It’s [about] reclaiming, facing your shadow, dealing with a lot of inner child work, and just realizing, systemically, a lot of the ways women are raised doesn’t necessarily serve each other and society…But there are just so many things that you don’t even realize are toxic until you realize how somebody’s feeling and tuning more into that feeling. The album definitely holds that energy.”
Across 11 tracks, zero.point.genesis combines theatrical elements with sharp notes of both rage and charm to make up a body of work that refuses to be sonically or spiritually contained. Whether it be the vampiric “living ded,” or the darkly romantic “AFTERLIFE (feat. Magnolia Park),” every song on the LP stands apart from one another as its own unique tale.
Pulling musical inspiration from film, theater, and the paranormal, every song by The Pretty Wild stands as a title track to its own cinematic universe. Heavily influenced by mythological tales and supernatural legends, The Pretty Wild incorporate these stories into their own haunting artistry.
“My brain personally always links normal, mundane things that I’m going through to bigger myth arcs,” Jyl says. “I just see a lot of parallels within stuff. I feel like sometimes myths are a way for me to process something hard that I’m going through.”
Jules adds, “We pull inspiration in really weird ways, but at the same time, we’re also very woo-woo, for lack of a better term. We get a lot of visual confirmation and almost universal or astral confirmation all the time.”
Unafraid to dive fully into unknown – even otherworldly – musical inspiration, The Pretty Wild’s artistry is fueled by forces found in both this world and the next.
“The paranormal is normal for us,” Jyl says.
When it comes to the band’s musical identity, The Pretty Wild have become synonymous with refusing to conform to societal and industry standards, always staying true to themselves. While the sisters are known today for their dark metalcore music, they initially came onto the music scene as alternative country artists.
Pioneers of the aptly-named “y’allternative” genre, The Pretty Wild introduced themselves in 2022 through singles like “XANAX & CHAMPAGNE” and “Eastwood.” However, the duo admits that their journey from country to metal was bound to happen.
“We realized we were not traditional in a traditional genre,” Jyl explains. “We were trying to break too many rules for the time that we were there, and that was authentic to us at that time. But I think you scrape back more layers, and you realize, ‘I don’t really want to be around the energy of people fighting us.’ We found more resonance rooted in metal.”
While their sound has evolved, the duo’s signature sense of lyrical poetry and gritty storytelling has always remained the same. And while the music industry’s love of experimentation wasn’t as prominent a few years ago as it is today, Jules says their move away from the y’allternative scene all worked in their favor after leaving their label at the time.
“We were able to get creatively weird with it,” she says. “And then it just started progressing into what it was and is now, which is that heavier tone, which has always been an interest of mine. I’ve always been a big metalhead from the time I was pretty young, whereas Jyl comes from more of a dark, girly, pop realm. That’s why you’ll notice a lot of our songs have these heavy breakdowns and these classical moments, but also these poppy choruses that pull in those dark concepts. It made us who we are today, as hokey as that sounds.”
Now, The Pretty Wild possess an undying musical ethos that strives for unconventionality and going against the grain of society. Unafraid to break the rules —or break down genre barriers, for that matter—Jyl and Jules say it’s their ability to look within that sets them apart from the rest of the metal scene.
“You have to have somewhat of a finger on the pulse of what’s going on,” Jules says. “But for the most part, when we come up with concepts or ideas, or we go to cut music, everything else is kind of external, and we don’t really think about it. Being in the studio is a very private spot where it’s obviously soundproofed, and you don’t think about other people. So you just create what you want to create, and then you’re really proud of it. Then of course you want to show it off, but you really make it for yourself, first and foremost.”
Jyl adds, “You can pay attention to the rules, but then ultimately, we always go by how we feel. Learn the rules. But then if you feel like that’s not what you should do, or you need to mix it up, then let that feeling lead you.”
Ultimately, The Pretty Wild embrace just what their name represents—beauty and anger, light and darkness, intention and fearlessness. Through their first full-length musical effort, the sister duo trusts the unknown, and they encourage listeners to do the same.
“You should listen to your instincts, especially as a female, and embrace your emotions. Because that’s your superpower,” Jyl says. “And I think ultimately this album has been a reclamation of all of those things, and not being afraid to express your emotions. You can be beautiful and rageful in the same sentence, and there’s nothing wrong with that. That’s healthy.”
zero.point.genesis is out Friday, and you can preorder it from Sumerian Records. Follow The Pretty Wild on Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok for future updates.
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