Starting a relationship may be hard, but maintaining it is even harder. Canada’s indie band Good Kid can attest to that, as waning relationships—be it platonic or romantic—is the central theme of their studio album Can We Hang Out Sometime? released on April 3, 2026, serving as the band’s first full length studio album after four EPs (all sharing the band’s name, with the fans referring to them as EPs 1-4). The album includes 10 different songs—four of which were released as singles, each with their own music videos—totaling about 25 minutes; a great listen for doing chores, going on walks, and other busy-work that may need a musical touch.
Track 1 – Rift
Released alongside its music video in November of 2025, Rift serves as the opening number of the album, introducing the strained and woeful messaging of the project. The story follows someone as they slowly grow to acknowledge the toxic and deteriorating circumstances of their relationship. Throughout the chorus, the phrases “Nothing comes easy” and “You and I/will end up here together” are repeated consistently, accompanied by the lead’s hurried and raspy tone—only serving to reinforce the strain this corrupted love is putting on them. The lines “I lived a life before you” and “You’ve taken everything from me” demonstrate just how badly this relationship has ruined the speaker’s life—with them needing to reinforce the fact that their life doesn’t and shouldn’t have to revolve around their partner; but, as of right now, it’s too painful to say goodbye.
Track 2 – Eastside
Heavily inspired by Scott Pilgrim, Eastside debuted in Good Kid’s live performance for the 2025 Streamer Awards. This song has a drastically different tone compared to the rest of the band’s discography, being eagerly distorted to enhance the singer’s frustration with their loved one’s “abandonment.” Growing increasingly frustrated as the track continues, the speaker hounds the audience with the same question over and over: “Why do I still see you around?” The frustration and feelings of desertion culminating because this friend “Washed up from higher ground,” a reflection of the status or wealth they now have after moving, with the singer’s rage only being fueled by “[their] smug face from the side of [the speaker’s] eye.”
Track 4 – Cicada
Cicada is a noticeably lighter tune compared to its musical siblings, following the structures of love songs rather than the collapse of a relationship. With the singer trying to reach out to the one they love, only to be held back by insecurities and the pedestal they put their love on. A constant plea to be “woken up” from the fears that overrun them, with the reassurance that they’ll “love [their beloved] tomorrow” to show the singer is committed to this journey. Cicada as a song sets out to capture the experience of wanted to get to know someone, but never knowing how to begin. “I could be, I suppose, someone you should get to know.” A key part of the chorus that serves as an indirect invitation for the two to hang out together, reinforcing the album’s title message. The song’s animated music video, released on March 13 and animated by XrayAlphaCharlie, shows this story through beautiful visuals to accompany Cicada’s gleefully lovesick vocals.
Track 9 – Wall
Jumping to the penultimate song on the album, Wall was the first of Can We Hang Out?‘s singles to be released, debuting on October 10th, 2025. If the rest of the album’s singles show different issues that arise during a relationship, Wall is the aftermath of it all. The relationship is over, and where there used to be a small rift is now a giant wall between the two. Overall, the song itself is very bittersweet, with the speaker constantly stating how “[they] don’t even care that’s it over.” While that may be partially true, the pained tone that the chorus takes betrays how badly speaker has been affected by the relationship falling out. Constantly seeing a friend in places they used to be. Expecting answers from someone who will never answer. Looking back to find someone who stopped following a long time ago. The song isn’t purely sad however, as—in the final chorus of the song—the speaker states that they “will never look back in anger…/never look back at all,” showing that they will be able to move on, even with such pain in their heart.
Overall, Good Kid’s Can We Hang Out Sometime? is an amazing album for those who are looking for a new artist to listen to, with it growing to be one of my favorite albums released by an indie band in the recent years. I’d also recommend listening to their EPs (Good Kid 1-4) if you find yourself hungry for more.