Toronto-based musician Nixon Boyd has released “Trouble of Your Own” ahead of his first solo album, Every Time We Turn a Corner. Boyd is best known as a founding member of the power-chord-driven indie rock band Hollerado – a stark contrast to the more introspective sound emerging in his solo work.
“Trouble of Your Own” reflects on a friend’s suicide attempt, an experience that opened Boyd’s eyes to the depth of distress others may carry compared with one’s own. The goal with Every Time We Turn a Corner is using minimal, analog instrumentation to create songs that are simple and warm, yet full of emotion.
This one took years to write. I had the title and basic chords in my back pocket forever, knowing I would use it for my solo record when I finally had time to make it. But I didn’t really have the arrangement worked out, and I put off writing the lyrics forever because it was about a close friend’s suicide attempt and I don’t think I had the faith in myself that I could lyricize the story with enough grace and precision.
When I did finally start to tackle the lyrics, I worked on them every day for a month, and I still feel like they could be better but I think I came close to getting it right. They talk about realizing that I was totally oblivious to the distress my friend was in, and that I was so focused on my own problems that I failed to see that they were having a way bigger problem.
Musically there’s a lot of motion here, a lot of ups and downs in the melody, and to me it reflects the opposing feelings that I tried to capture in the lyrics – guilt for not being a better friend in one hand, and on the other hand, a kind defensive anger. One voice that says “this is all my fault”, and another that tries to shake off responsibility for what happened.
-Nixon Boyd on “Trouble of Your Own”
“Trouble of Your Own” is released ahead of Nixon Boyd’s upcoming album, Every Time We Turn a Corner, out July 3rd, 2026. Preorder available here.
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