Music Discovery of the Day: New Friends - High and Dry

Alternative pop act New Friends, comprised of players from all over Southern Ontario, lead singer Stefan Boulineau (Windsor), guitarist Cole Wilson (St. Thomas), keyboardist/lead writer Ayden Miller (Orillia), drummer Nico Elias (London) and Conrad (Waterloo) — have experienced success at breakneck speed and only played their first show in November, 2021.“Our superpower is that all five of our influences are so different that going into a recording session, everyone’s coming into it with a completely different musical background. Our thing is to bring that nostalgia for bands we loved growing up into our sound,” says bassist Conrad Galecki, citing such varied sources as Coldplay, Snow Patrol & Foster The People.