Alt pop duo, joan have returned with their highly anticipated new single, “don’t wanna be your friend” via Photo Finish Records. The new track serves as the first taste of their debut album, which took over three years to create. Listen to it now below.
“don’t wanna be your friend” was created after the band returned home from their biggest headline tour yet. Co-written with their friend Jon Capeci from the band Nightly, “don’t wanna be your friend” details the all too relatable feeling of being in a relationship with someone you love and feel close to but knowing that you need to move on as that person is not the right one for you.
The duo said of the song, “it’s also about growing up though and knowing that you just can’t continue being friends with each other, because you know how that situation turns out. hope this song resonates with you in some way – makes you realize you need to cut that person out of your life, makes you move, makes you want to start a band, makes you want to call your best friend :).”
joan (Alan Benjamin Thomas and Steven Rutherford) have spent the past few years building their world, single by single, tour date by tour date; from their debut EP, 2019’s portra, to the much-loved cloudy & its sister EP partly cloudy, to 2021’s hi & bye EPs. Their songs have been streamed over 120 million times, with well over a million listeners a month across streaming platforms.
2023 promises to be the band’s biggest yet, with the release of their debut album and worldwide touring & festivals.
TOUR DATES:
Nov 1: Kansas City, KS – The Record Bar
Nov 2: Minneapolis, MN – 7th Street Entry
Nov 3: Ames, IA – The Maintenance Shop
Nov 4: Milwaukee, WI – Back Room @ Collective
Nov 5: Covington, KY – Madison Live
Nov 6: Detroit, MI – Shelter
Nov 8: Bloomington, IN – The Bishop
Nov 9: Lakewood, OH – Marshall’s
Nov 10: Louisville, KY – Headliner’s Music Hall
Nov 12: Fort Worth, TX – Tulips
Nov 13: Fayetteville, AR – George’s Majestic Lounge
Thailand/Japan/SEA
Nov 25: Senayan Park (Spark): Jakarta, Indonesia
Nov 27: Very Festival @ Thunder Dome: Bangkok, Thailand
Nov 30: Space Odd: Tokyo, Japan
Dec 3: Sorpresa Music Festival @ Enchanted Kingdom: Enchanted Kingdom: Laguna Philippines