Just ahead of the holiday season, Boston rock band Girl with a Hawk delivers a heartfelt anthem to friendship with their new single ‘I’m In Love With My Friends’, out November 12 via Rum Bar Records. Led by vocalist, guitarist, and songwriter Linda Viens, the band taps into the spirit of Friendsgiving with a power-pop track that radiates warmth, gratitude, and joy.
The release sets the tone for a busy week, as Viens joins the Boston Rebel Rock Coalition’s inaugural fundraiser the following night at The Burren in Somerville, performing alongside Diablogato, The Peppermint Kicks, Watts, and more. The event benefits the ACLU and celebrates the community bonds that inspired the song. ‘I’m In Love With My Friends’ is a tribute to chosen family, those “ride or dies” who lift us up through life’s highs and lows. “Romantic relationships don’t always survive those challenges, but authentic friendships usually do,” Viens says.
The single also marks the band’s first new music since July’s ‘It’s The Way’, and follows the March release of ‘No One Like You’, a tribute to Foo Fighters’ Taylor Hawkins. It sets the stage for a full-length album due in Spring 2026. Girl with a Hawk—Viens, Richard Lamphear, Daniel Coughlin, Dan Bernfeld, and Nancy Delaney—welcomes guest vocals from Linnea Herzog, Agent Judy, and Holly Kantor, adding gang harmonies to the celebration.
The song’s artwork features Viens and longtime friend Carolyn Kaylor in a loving embrace, captured by Wayne Viens in the mid-’90s. Produced by Pete Weiss at Jade Cow Music and recorded at Panoramic House Studio in California, the track was born during the pandemic, inspired by a winter birthday gathering around a fire pit. “We were marveling at our determination to gather and celebrate life,” Viens recalls.
‘I’m In Love With My Friends’ also nods to the Plough & Stars in Cambridge, a beloved venue where the band and their musical family often reunited. The ambient bar sounds that open the track were recorded live by Viens and Coughlin, adding authenticity to the vibe. The song’s emotional layers reflect the times, but its message is timeless: friendship is love, and it’s worth singing about.