Guardin's moody mix of bedroom hip-hop and emo songwriting is the solo project of Western New York musician Nicholas Kerr. His early releases, such as the 2015 EPs Lost in a Fantasy and Astral Agenda, explored everything from chiptunes to witch house stylings. However, he ventured into emo rap with 2016's Lost & Found EP, refining his giddy, brooding style on subsequent EPs before releasing his first album, Lacuna, in 2017.
Adopting the music moniker Guardin in 2014, the Hornell, New York native began sharing his productions and, eventually, songs to streaming sites while in...