Nick Faye’s Latest Single Offers a Tender, Prairie-Born Meditation on Love, Loss, and Letting Go

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There’s a particular kind of heartbreak that settles in quietly in your thirties—not with dramatic endings or big blowups, but with mutual recognition: that even when love is real, it isn’t always right. On his new single Wait Around, Saskatchewan songwriter Nick Faye captures this nuanced ache with jangly guitars, heartfelt lyrics, and the bittersweet patience of someone still holding out hope for the right kind of love.

Living and working on Treaty 4 Territory in Regina, Canada, Faye has long been known for songs that blend indie, pop, and rock with the poetic mundanity of prairie life. With Wait Around, the fourth single from his upcoming album (Good) Love, he leans further into emotional clarity—offering a raw, introspective track that reads like a conversation you’d have with yourself at midnight in a quiet kitchen.

“Wait Around” is about what happens when you meet someone amazing, share something deep, and still have to walk away because your lives don’t line up. It’s not about failure—it’s about timing, and the deep, mature kind of acceptance that comes with growing up. “A self-dialogue preaching patience and acceptance in the belief that good love is worth waiting for, as long as you’re honest with yourself and others,” is how Faye describes it—and the song unfolds exactly that way: like talking yourself through the sadness while still making room for hope.

There’s a gentle wisdom to the track. It doesn’t force resolution. Instead, it sits with the feeling, honors the loss, and reminds you—without being heavy-handed—that good love might still be out there, just not where you thought it would be. “Sometimes you might share special connections and deep love with amazing people on completely different life paths,” Faye says. “Wait Around is a song that reflects on appreciating, accepting, and mourning the end of those relationships. It also serves as an optimistic self-dialogue to be open, ready, and patient for new love that may fit into the lifestyle you’re trying to lead.”

That sense of honesty and reflection is part of what’s made Nick Faye a beloved voice in the Canadian indie scene. Coming out of the emo-acoustic-hardcore DIY movement in Saskatchewan in the late 2000s—a scene that also gave us artists like Andy Shauf, Foxwarren, and Northcote—Faye has always embraced a kind of emotional sincerity that feels refreshing and unpretentious. His songs don’t shout; they resonate, slowly, deeply, like a melody you realize you’ve been humming for days.

“Wait Around” is a perfect example. Produced, mixed, and recorded by Chris Dimas, and mastered by Ryan Morey, the song features Faye on vocals and guitar, alongside Byron Chambers (bass), Landon Leibel (drums), Jon Neher (keyboards), and Jesse Bryksa (guitar). Together, the band crafts a sound that’s warm but wistful, carried by gliding rhythm guitars, understated percussion, and just enough shimmer to make the melancholy feel golden.

There’s a line in the single’s promotional notes that sums up Faye’s gentle artistic tension: “I hate all my songs, but I like when you sing to me.” That vulnerability, that understated charm, runs throughout his work. His music often feels like a private thought said out loud—and Wait Around continues that tradition, offering something intimate and quietly generous to anyone who's ever had to let someone go not because they stopped loving them, but because they started loving themselves more.

With his full album (Good) Love arriving September 26, 2025, Faye is poised to share even more stories that blend heartbreak with hope, grief with gratitude. Like the prairies he calls home, his songs stretch wide but feel deeply personal, shaped by long winters, subtle shifts, and rare, bright bursts of sun.

And with Wait Around, he reminds us that being patient, being honest, and being open just might be the most romantic thing of all.