Friday Afternoon Concert Series: Justin Nash Fisher

Sometimes all it takes to find your compassion is to air out your disbeliefs. “Nobody ever tells you the truth,” Boston-based singer-songwriter Justin Nash Fisher gripes on the eponymous and acronymized new single “NETYTT,” his first release from his upcoming EP due early 2022 (UNANNOUNCED). From within the bouncing, folksy strums of vagrant dreams and lacing harmonies—think Kurt Vile meets James Taylor—there’s an air of distrust, a curmudgeonly view from someone who sees the world around him as perpetually on fire. But once he peels away the layers, both musically and emotionally, he bares a message that’s been masked by his outward pessimism: “I wanna be the one that you hold,” he repeats over and over again, his fortress crumbling in a confessional wash. Follow Nash Fisher on Instagram @jnashfish.