young friend, the project of Vancouver artist Drew Tarves, will release his debut album, motorcycle sound effects, on April 4, 2025 via Nettwerk. The LP was co-produced alongside David Marinelli (FINNEAS, JAWNY, Wallice), young friend sings about the nuances of growing up, capturing the people and experiences along the way. New track, “i like girls”, is the fourth single from the forthcoming album.

On his debut album, Tarves describes the sound as a “genre-bending fever dream album,” taking inspiration from a variety of sources from Wilco and Adrienne Lenker to The Strokes and Porches.

“motorcycle sound effects is really just about growing up. It’s about the people you encounter and the experiences that make you into the person that you are,” explains Tarves. “I really wanted to capture all the sides of the coin; the shitty sides, the side where I was wrong, the side where I did the right thing, and it still didn’t work out, the side where something is new and exciting and it’s all you can think about, all of it.”

A trained dancer for most of his adolescence, the 24-year-old Vancouver native switched artistic disciplines after spending time jamming with his musician friends. “I found out very quickly that I loved it,” he recalls. “It was my favorite thing to do.” Armed with a guitar and a laptop, Tarves started hashing out early songwriting attempts on GarageBand as he found his own style that suited him: “It was all about experimenting while trying to find what worked for me.”

young friend
Motorcycle Sound Effects
Tracklist
Nettwerk Records

1. golden rule
2. loose
3. american spirit
4. eye to eye
5. thank you for the ride
6. sweet tooth
7. stranger
8. the real deal
9. trouble
10. soft light
11. i like girls
12. boyfriend material

order “I Like Girls” by young friend HERE