Breakout New Orleans-based funk-soul outfit Tank and the Bangas are fronted by Tarriona "Tank" Ball, a singer and poet who can wail like Patti LaBelle, scold like Millie Jackson, and soliloquize like Jill Scott. Tank and the Bangas won NPR's Tiny Desk Contest in 2017, leading to a major-label contract with Verve and the 2019 release of Green Balloon, their second studio album. The Friend Goals EP is the Grammy-nominated group's highly anticipated follow-up endeavor, six-tracks featuring collaborations with CHIKA, PJ Morton, and Duckwrth. The group recorded the EP at friends' home studios in Chicago and New Orleans as well as bandmember Albert Allenback's (alto saxophone, flute) house. Most of Friend Goals was created during quarantine using Zoom while also abiding by local social distancing guidelines.