Stepping into music at the ripe age of 25, Nick Boeder brings something different to the table of indie music. A Chicago native who has spent most of his life as a social worker, Border hasn’t just observed human struggle from a distance.
“Two chords, one truth: the end of love teaches us how to begin again.”
His debut album, which was designed alongside producer Chris Beeble and a talented group of session musicians, sounds like someone who’s been listening long enough to know exactly what the listeners need to listen to. Through honest and autobiographical storytelling, Border builds bridges between the messy parts of being human and the healing we all desperately seek.
His newest release, “Your Shadowed Doubts,” emerges from a transitional chapter in his life in 2019. One where he freshly relocated to Boulder, Colorado, from New Mexico and stood on the edge of a pandemic none of us saw coming, all while processing the end of a relationship.
The song’s foundation is deceptively simple: two chords, B minor and D. But simplicity in the production doesn’t always mean it’s shallow. It’s only creating more space for Boeder’s echoing vocals to drive the song home. Lines like “The pointed blame / Was it yours or mine?” are merely acknowledging that relationships rarely ever collapse because of one person’s mistakes. The song doesn’t point fingers or seek revenge like most regular breakup/loss songs do.
Stream “Your Shadowed Doubts” and follow Nick Boeder’s brand-new journey through the music-making scene. Something tells me this is just the beginning!
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