Friendship is an American indie rock band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The band consists of Dan Wriggins, [1] Mike Cormier, [2] Peter Gill, [3] and Jon Samuels.
Friendship began in 2015 with the release of their first full-length album, You're Going to Have to Trust Me, on Burst & Bloom. [4] On August 8, 2017, the band premiered a song titled "If You See My Beloved" from their upcoming second full-length album. [5] They premiered another song on Stereogum in October titled "Skip To The Good Part". [6] Their second full-length album, and first on Orindal Records, titled Shock Out Of Season, was released later in 2017. [7] On September 11, 2019, Friendship once again premiered a new song through Stereogum titled "Clairvoyant". [8] One month later, Friendship premiered another song on Stereogum titled "You Might Already Know". [9] The album, Dreamin', was released on November 8, 2019. [10] On July 29th, 2022 the band released their fourth full-length album, Love the Stranger, on Merge Records. [11]
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