Veronica Everheart is a 23-year-old musician from Phoenix, AZ who imbues her distinctive synthesis of industrial pop and digital grunge with blunt lyricism and canny self-reflection. On July 29, 2025, she’ll release Lighter in the Morning (2/2).The latest in a pair of EPs created in collaboration with Junius Karr (Gordon Raphael, The Hellp), it’s an emphatic work seething with sonic ambition and barbed observation.

With Lighter in the Morning (2/2) — as well as its sister release, 2024’s Lighter in the Morning (1/2) — Veronica, in collaboration with Junius Karr, envisions a futuristic approach to singer-songwriter music, one that pairs Joni Mitchell-style lyrical emotionality with the electronic subtext of Nine Inch Nails and 21st century existence writ large.

Veronica Everheart splits her time between Phoenix and New York, going from desert to concrete and back again. She remains an essential part of Phoenix’s local independent music scene, putting on shows and DJing club nights, as well as serving as a go-to opening act when contemporaries like The Hellp, Hannah Vu, and Slow Hollows are passing through.