Vancouver, BC-based band runner share “My Man,” a playful, wistful country song about leaving one relationship and finding another waiting around the corner. Warm and easygoing, with a touch of romantic nostalgia, the track captures that strange in-between period when one chapter has barely closed and you’re already learning the small, intimate details of somebody new.
Singer-songwriter Kira Cuthbertson wrote the song while coming out of one relationship and entering another, reflecting on how quickly romantic lives can change, and how sometimes it’s better to enjoy the experience than search too hard for greater meaning.
“I was thinking about how there’s always someone around the corner if one relationship ends,” Kira explains. “I was feeling like I was just moving on from one to the next but also having fun and trying not to take any of it too seriously.”Listen today:
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That lightness comes through in one of Kira’s favourite lyrics: “How do you take your eggs?” It’s a deliberately ordinary question that captures something much bigger about the beginning of a relationship, when getting to know somebody often means accumulating tiny pieces of information that gradually turn a stranger into someone familiar.
“It’s a simple nod to that period during a new relationship, maybe after a long-term fling, where you’re learning all the little things about them like how they take their coffee, and how they take their eggs,” she says. “It’s also just fun to sing!”
The recording process was similarly refreshing for runner. Where many of the band’s songs have been assembled gradually – vocals one day, harmonies another, guitar parts squeezed into late nights after work – “My Man” was approached almost entirely as a one-day session at The Warehouse Studio.
The experiment worked. The band completed nearly everything that day, leaving only one later overdub: an organ part added a couple of weeks afterward. As the only song on the album to feature organ, the instrument helps accentuate the track’s country leanings while giving the arrangement a character distinct from the rest of the record.
More importantly, the session helped runner discover something about how they work best together. Capturing most of the track in one concentrated stretch allowed the band to preserve a looseness and immediacy that suited the song’s playful perspective.
That instinctive approach also reflects where Kira currently finds herself as a songwriter. Rather than writing according to a rigid set of rules, she is increasingly interested in following melodies that feel authentic and finding lyrics capable of supporting them with equal care. For her, the songs that endure are often those where melody and language feel inseparable.
“My Man” was the final song added to runner’s forthcoming debut album, and its arrival provided something the larger project needed. Against the record’s other emotional shades, the track acts as a happy, light pivotal moment – a reminder that moving on can be complicated without necessarily being tragic.