47. When We Wake with Boy Golden
From When We Wake with Andrew Shaver by Andrew Shaver
January 5, 2026 · 45 min · Season 1 · Episode 47
About this episode
Andrew Shaver interviews Boy Golden, exploring his music career and the story behind his alter ego.
Boy Golden is the oh-so-cool Rock’n'Roll alter ego of the Winnipeg-based multi-instrumentalist/producer/songwriter extraordinaire, Liam Duncan. In today’s chat, we get into the origin story of that alter ego, but before we do that, we chat about the music. We kick it off talking about Suffer , the lead single from his forthcoming album Best of Our Possible Lives (due in February 2026). The song went all the way to #1 on the Billboard Modern Rock Charts in Canada . But didja know, it hit #1 weeks before it was announced at #1? Naturally, we get into the strangeness of how that happened. We also talk about what radio success means in 2025 and why the song might be having a tougher time finding a foothold in the US. We chat about Liam’s unusual path into songwriting. He started out on the business side of music, as a teenager, and came to writing songs, as he puts it “a little late” in the game…at the ripe old age of 21. We talk about recording to tape, and about the time he literally carried those tapes through airports to get them mastered, refusing to let them through the X-Ray machines. We discuss why he chose to work with a producer (for the first time) on this new Boy Golden…
People in this episode
Host: Andrew Shaver
Guest: Boy Golden
Topics covered
- music
- songwriting
- radio success
- recording process
- artist identity
Keywords
- Boy Golden
- Liam Duncan
- Suffer
- Best of Our Possible Lives
- music industry
- songwriting
- recording to tape
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Billboard
Books & works: Best of Our Possible Lives, Suffer
Places: Winnipeg
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