For as long as I can remember, I've valued friendship above most things. I was the kind of kid who would give all of their worldly possessions away to someone on the playground as proof of concept. Which is all to say that I'm an absolute sucker for love songs to friends.
Georgia Harmer's first new music since her lovely 2022 debut, Stay in Touch, is exactly what I'm talking about. One of the most remarkable things about that album was the Toronto singer-songwriter's vivid storytelling, and she immediately transports us into her past — and imagined future — with her lifelong best friend on "Can We Be Still."
The rosy glow of Harmer's voice holds the collapsing tenses and inevitable changes together atop a gently winding melody, led by acoustic guitar strums and a percussive heartbeat. "Now do you understand? / I don't have another plan," she repeats, a plea for continued closeness no matter where the years lead them. Just like their relationship, the song's inherent softening of life's edges feels timeless — a safe place to land, time and time again.