Every other music think piece you read nowadays seems to bemoan the lack of new UK talent breaking in a big way. It’s depressing for a host of reasons, not least because Piri & Tommy, aka this country’s most exciting dance-pop proposition, exist and have been proving that statement wrong since 2021. That year they released their DayGlo debut single, Soft Spot, a tender drum’n’bass shuffle that went viral on TikTok and now sits on 27m streams on Spotify alone. That was no social media fluke however, and was swiftly followed by the likes of Beachin’ and Words – two similarly gargantuan, idiosyncratic dance tunes – before the hypnotic On & On sent them stratospheric (120m streams and counting). Not bad for a band who only formed in lockdown and couldn’t play their first gig until restrictions had lifted, by which time their fanbase had grown significantly. Since then they’ve completed sold-out tours of the UK, Europe and Australia, supported Charli XCX in Brighton, as well as bringing their full-band live show to festivals across the country.
