i'm his girl

Here's something a bit unexpected: a sultry, slow-burning power ballad from Brooklyn's Samantha Urbani and the new + apparently sleeker version of her band Friends, with an unspecified assist coming from the multi-talented Dev Hynes. The Way single is out soon on Lucky Number Music:

Directed by Samantha Urbani of Friends + Aurora Halal (whose work has been featured a lot around here lately). Friends' irresistibly catchy I'm His Girl single -- which, incidentally, vaguely recalls one of the best Cat Power songs, albeit with a considerably dirtier bassline -- is out digitally and on 7" October 31 on Lucky Number. Catch the band this week (starting tonight) at CMJ, dates a