After two decades away from the stage, Nathan Mazur returns under the banner of Nathan’s Patience with his new EP, The Thoughts We Can’t Tell, released September 2, 2025. A former frontman of Detroit pop-punk outfit Nowadays and touring guitarist with Never Heard of It, Mazur has come full circle, returning to songwriting after a health scare earlier this year reignited his creative spark. Produced by John Kowaleski in Livonia, MI, the three-track EP shows the marks of lived experience with gritty guitars, lyrical candor, and a mature pop-punk edge that owes as much to Bad Religion as it does to Simple Plan.
Opening track “Inevitable” rides on grinding guitars and steady drums, while Mazur’s husky, high-toned voice delivers a reflective narrative of a past ruined relationship. When he sings, “It was inevitable that you’d pull away / ‘Maybe someday,’ you said / But I’m not gonna wait,” he is conveying that he’s accepted this to be his closure. Subtle optimism balances the refrain’s defiance, as the rousing “whoa-oh” chants come like a communal release.
Next comes “My Hypocrisy,” where cymbals spark and guitars jitter restlessly under Mazur’s raw confessions. He sings, “This is my scarlet letter / Branded with the ghost of who I’ve been,” as though he is reckoning with contradictions, haunted by past mistakes but refusing to let them define him.
The closer, “Just for Tonight,” lightens the load with glistening strums and a steady drum march, morphing into an anthemic sing-along. He sings, “Some nights I feel like getting loud / Some nights I can’t wait until they’re over,” capturing the fleeting relief of camaraderie against anxiety’s weight as he turns vulnerability into catharsis.
Check out The Thoughts We Can’t Tell by Nathan’s Patience on Spotify.
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Review by: Naomi Joan