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Nov 17, 2025 By Caleb Campbell Photography by Max Gordon

Singer/songwriter Cameron Keiber has been a presence on the indie and alt rock scene since the ‘90s, first as frontman of Boston noise pop band The Beatings and more recently with post punk outfit Eldridge Rodriguez. Earlier this year, Keiber returned with his first solo LP, Nurser, which finds him leaning into the moody interiority of songwriters like Nick Cave, adding chilly synth beds and drum-machine rhythms to his more acoustic and jangly indie singer/songwriter fare. Today, Keiber is following the album’s release with an accompanying video for his track “Habsburg Jaw,” premiering with Under the Radar.

“Habsburg Jaw” finds Keiber drifting through placid synth beds, accompanied by rickety keys and rattling drum machine percussion. It never fully settles into an organic or electronic space, instead letting the instrumental textures meld into a chilly wash of contrasts. Keiber’s sonorous drawl hints towards artists like Nick Cave or David Berman, offering up wry lyrical observations, noir-tinged croons, and a restless, tumbling vocal delivery. Lyrically, Keiber unpacks a portrait of depressive lulls and isolation, with the spectre of depression constantly looming over the song’s decaying relationships: “Leftover pieces of a puzzle that’s never done / You walked when the trouble outweighed the fun / Will it ever be enough just to survive? / And if it’s not, do you even wanna be alive? / Let yourself fall apart tonight / It’s a decent evening for a useless fight / People don’t just go away / It’s been raining in your cover set anyway / Dump me.”

The accompanying video, directed by Patrick Ruth and edited by Patrick Breen, is a series of minimalist unbroken shots of Keiber rowing down the Charles River fading into each other steadily as the song winds onward. Keiber says, “I rowed up and down The Charles for two plus hours in 95 degree summer heat in a suit while we looked for the right locations and shots, and if I never see that stream of bile and goose shit again it will be too soon.”

Check out the song and video below. Nurser is out everywhere now via Midriff Records.