Pop singer/songwriter Nathan Morris has never been afraid to blur the boundaries between genre and discipline. Consistently staying true to himself, Morris has always written from the heart and that is ever present with his newest single, “Lost Without You”. The track is a reminder to himself, and the listener, that you are enough and deserve to love and be loved. “We were put here to love and care for others. We want so badly to feel and give love. I want to be good enough,” Morris admits. “I want those I love to feel pursued, less lonely, and worth it, including myself. ‘Lost Without You’ was written for me, hoping I am the person that’s good enough.”
Morris began working at his first funeral home in 2010, the same year he won the Indie Charts Independent Artist of the Year Award. At the time, he was riding a wave of critical acclaim and commercial accolades for “Closure,” the single that launched his songwriting career several years earlier. A piano-driven song about painful endings and new beginnings, “Closure” appeared on his debut record, A Gentleman’s Closure, in 2007. The song didn’t just earn radio airplay from coast to coast; it went international, too, with Starbucks adding the track to its in-store playlists across America and Canada.
“I’ve always loved pop music,” says Morris, who grew up listening to Boyz II Men’s stacked harmonies and Jon Secada’s sweeping vocals. “I’m honing a new sound right now. Imagine Billie Eilish, Charlie Puth, and Shawn Mendes sitting together at the same bar, and this sound is what happens. It’s the soundtrack of those three people getting together: a vulnerable, unique sound that’s worth repeated listens.”
The compilation of pop singles Morris is releasing is about gut-wrenching reality, stacked high with R&B textures, climactic vocal hooks, and the resilience of a man who’s never stopped pushing himself. As the world changes, Nathan Morris continues to evolve alongside it, finding new ways to spread his music and message. “I meld the worlds of funerals and music because they go hand-in-hand,” he explains. “That may seem odd, but how do we celebrate when we’re attending a visitation or memorial? Songs are what solidify particular moments in our lives. You remember those things forever, and music helps bind it all together. I’m exposed to that reality every day, and that’s where these songs come from.”
Image: Photography by Lauren Elizabeth/ courtesy of Milestone Publicity
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