More Than Only Friends by A’shon Galaxy – Love Between Words

03/02/2026 10

How long do feelings survive without a name?

I’ve always stayed close to R&B and soul, probably longer than I can clearly trace back. I grew up inside those sounds, back when I started learning that love has weight, and music leaves something behind. Those records made it clear how silence can speak, how a pause can say more than the chorus, and how feeling often comes before language. That’s the space I step into when I listen, and it’s the same space A’shon Galaxy opens with More Than Only Friends.

Tempo, feel, and pacing

The track comes in on a slow beat. I felt the groove already set, and it pulled me in straight away. A warm jazz-soul groove comes in slowly. That choice matters, because the story lives in the pause. The kind where feelings build up while I still look for the right words. It pulled me back to those afternoons as a kid, digging through my parents’ records, Al Green on one side, The Staple Singers on the other, all speaking the same truth.

Looking for the right words

The lyrics speak direct and vulnerable. Lines like “Girl, your smile takes me to heaven” and “I still taste your kiss when I close my eyes” talk about memory and touch, while the chorus keeps coming back to the same point. He sings about friendship as a label that feels too small for what already exists. I like how the writing plays it straight and lets repetition do its work. Each return to “more than only friends” sounds heavier than the last.

As the lead single from Forever Was All I Hoped, More Than Only Friends marks the first release from A’shon Galaxy’s next album, due on February 20, 2026. More Than Only Friends has been released on January 23, 2026, and sits alongside upcoming album cuts like With Him, Till We Had Enough, and Cycle of My Love.

A’shon Galaxy, Before the Name

A’shon Galaxy starts with Sean Wilburn, raised between Oakland and Vallejo. As a kid, he moved through his family’s vinyl collection, records from the 50s through the 80s spinning long before he understood genre or industry. Oakland gave him soul and structure, Vallejo added rhythm and risk, with voices like Sly Stone, Con Funk Shun, and later E-40 and Mac.

Somewhere in between, Sean picked up a pen and a notebook and started writing everything down. Self-taught, he moved from notebooks to keys, then guitars, bass, and drums, learning by doing. That grounding still shapes how A’shon Galaxy writes and records today. You can follow him on Facebook, Instagram, Bandcamp, and YouTube, where that story continues.