Nicki Bluhm Shares ‘Friends (How To Do It)’ Single Featuring Oliver Wood

Nicki Bluhm released a new single, “Friends (How To Do It)” featuring The Wood Brothers frontman Oliver Wood. The song will land on Bluhm’s upcoming album Avondale Drive, arriving on June 3 through Compass Records.

Bluhm heralded Avondale Drive in late March with the lead single “Love To Spare” featuring A.J. Croce. For the follow-up Nicki collaborated with Oliver Wood, who adds voals and guitar.

The singer-songwriter shared the story behind “Friends (How To Do It)” via Pop Matters:

‘Friends (How to Do It)’, a duet with Oliver Wood, is an amusing shake of the head at the follies of dating in the modern world. I had been married for ten years and was suddenly thrown back into the dating pool as a divorcèe with absolutely no tools or wherewithal of how to do it.

Vulnerable and clueless, I met a guy on tour, and we kept in touch as friends, or so I thought. It shocked me when, now and then, he would randomly kiss me; in the middle of the kitchen, in a parking lot. I was so confused. When I tried to clarify our relationship (were we friends? more than friends?), he told me that men and women could never be friends. I joked about the classic Nora Ephron film When Harry Met Sally, and he straight-faced told me he had never seen the movie. Wow, OK, so this really is a thing, a known dilemma of all genders with no real answer. After a lot of trial and error, I did finally come to a conclusion of my own which is that not only can men and women be friends, they must be to have a healthy, safe and prosperous relationship. Love ought to feel safe.

Stream “Friends (How To Do It)” below: