piri & tommy share new EP, ‘about dancing’
“Infectious…appealingly wonky, homespun fun” The Guardian ****
“Experimentation and fluidity reign supreme” Dork *****
“There’s dynamicity in the range of their creations…a vibrant, Y2K-inspired fantasy” NME(Mixtapes of the Year)
“Unpretentious, irresistibly catchy, but most importantly, it’s fun” Time Out
(Songs of the Year)
“These artists are both brilliant and creative — representing one of the best eras of creativity we’ve seen.” – Zane Lowe
piri & tommy have today unveiled their brand new EP about dancing, the long-awaited follow up to their acclaimed froge.mp3 mixtape. The dance pop sensations have been teasing the EP over the summer with a string of singles including drum’n’bass banger ‘99%’ and their latest infectious earworm, ‘dog’. about dancing is a 6-track, body moving sonic journey that celebrates the unpredictable essence of the piri & tommy moniker as the duo explain:
“about dancing is a little collection of our best work to date. as we listen to and make more and more music, the more we have to give to each track to make it special. the attention to detail and the journey through each song was so important to us making this project, we wanted to elevate our music and give each song a destination. there are more layers, new soundscapes and deeper meanings, but importantly each track is still packed with FUN!! “we love music, we love this music and we hope you do too.”
2024 opened a new chapter for piri & tommy, whose rise to date has been little short of remarkable. Independent, out of their relationship, and stronger than ever, theirs is an increasingly-clear vision always bound by the duo’s rare creative chemistry. piri & tommy famously first met on Tinder, with their love of dance music drawing on completely different backgrounds: Science graduate piri was working with the rest of her family in the local Asda when she matched with tommy, a music student and sometime-DJ in Manchester. piri & tommy formed a band and even bubbled together in a student house over lockdown, with viral hits like ‘soft spot’ sparking a rapid rise through the music industry (BBC Sound Poll, MTV Push, VEVO DSCVR, Radio 1’s Hottest Record Of The Year, and even their first charting single with ‘on & on’). Their debut mixtape, froge.mp3, was a vivid snapshot of youth culture and adjusting to life post-pandemic: as Pop’s love-affair with club music deepens, it has the increasing feel of a modern-classic.
Today, the pair are ambitious for timeless music that transcends short-term genre trends or the durability of an App, whilst still living and breathing club culture with a passion matched by few of their commercial peers. Theirs is a connection marked by mutual respect, and the understanding they bring out something special in the other (piri describes tommy as “a true humble genius”, with tommy introducing piri as “the CEO of melody”). about dancing underlines phase two of the piri & tommy takeover, a young duo firmly taking the lead.
