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Standen Evans is a singer-songwriter who hammers out his music and lyrics upon the anvil of his unique life experiences. The results are songs that are deeply attuned to the sensitivity of the human condition that he shares as gifts with listeners.

The Denver-based songwriter’s tales are filled with lost souls, hungry seekers, and glimpses of salvation that stand as a testament to the resiliency of the human spirit. His approach is simple, an upward reaching for higher degrees of lyricism and musical craftsmanship that aims to move his listener.

Based on his life’s experiences, such as his mothers’ sudden and unexpected death following a long battle with addiction when he was 14; two years in Iraq as a Combat Medic with attending post-war disillusionment, and a rapid descent into alcoholism of his own, he felt like he might have something to share that could be of value.

“I guess you could say there was a strong stirring of emotions within me that needed exorcising,” he reflects. 

After a harrowing clawing for life, Standen found recovery in 2007 and things began to slow down - for the better - in his life. 

Music was always his spiritual refuge. From his first loves like The Offspring, Green Day, and NOFX, he sought out fast and heavy vibrations to match the angsty internal frequency of a disturbed adolescent. These were balanced by his mother’s love of Paul Simon and Garth Brooks, and his fathers undying appreciation of The Boss and the Beatles.

A late bloomer in many senses to the life of making music, Standen picked up the guitar and learned his first chord at the age of 25. It didn’t take long for him to start writing songs of his own. Not a conscious thought at the time that he would share anything he was writing, it was more of a compulsion propelling him to put pen to paper. What better way to express these trials than to mold them into songs? Why not try his hand at the craft, he asked himself. 

And so, what started as a personal and private outlet turned into a slow and long walk back into the world of the living.

He’s internalized the lessons of his musical heroes, wordsmiths like John Prine, Conner Oberst of  Bright eyes, Sam Beam of Iron and Wine, and many many others. At the same time, he wears these influences lightly to emerge as a bold songwriter with a singularly developed voice.