Friendship is an American

indie rock Indie rock is a Music subgenre, subgenre of rock music that originated in the United Kingdom, United States and New Zealand in the early to mid-1980s. Although the term was originally used to describe rock music released through independent reco ...

band from

Philadelphia Philadelphia ( ), colloquially referred to as Philly, is the List of municipalities in Pennsylvania, most populous city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the List of United States cities by population, sixth-most populous city in the Unit ...

Pennsylvania Pennsylvania, officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a U.S. state, state spanning the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern United States, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes region, Great Lakes regions o ...

. The band consists of Dan Wriggins, Michael Cormier-O'Leary, Peter Gill, and Jon Samuels.

History

Friendship began in 2015 with the release of their first full-length album, ''You're Going to Have to Trust Me'', on Burst & Bloom. On August 8, 2017, the band premiered a song titled "If You See My Beloved" from their upcoming second full-length album. They premiered another song on Stereogum in October titled "Skip To The Good Part". Their second full-length album, and first on Orindal Records, titled ''Shock Out Of Season'', was released later in 2017. On September 11, 2019, Friendship once again premiered a new song through Stereogum titled "Clairvoyant". One month later, Friendship premiered another song on Stereogum titled "You Might Already Know". The album, ''Dreamin, was released on November 8, 2019. On July 29th, 2022, the band released their fourth full-length album, ''Love the Stranger,'' on

Merge Records Merge Records is an independent record label based in Durham, North Carolina. It was founded in 1989 by Laura Ballance and Mac McCaughan. It began as an outlet for music from their band Superchunk and music created by friends, and has expand ...

. Its fifth studio album, '' Caveman Wakes Up'', was released in 2025.

Discography

LPs

*''You're Going to Have to Trust Me'' (2015, Burst & Bloom) *''Shock Out of Season'' (2017, Orindal Records) *''Dreamin (2019, Orindal Records) *'' Love the Stranger'' (2022,

) *'' Caveman Wakes Up'' (2025,

)

EPs

* ''F/V Hope'' (2017, Sleeper Records)

References

{{reflist Indie rock musical groups from Pennsylvania