piri & tommy became famous by accident.
Two kids drawn together by music, they sought to blend rave tropes with alt-pop elements; initially working together just for fun, the duo decided to slip a song online last year, purely for their own enjoyment.
Debut single ‘soft spot’ rushed to top spot on TikTok, a bona fide phenomenon that saw the DIY duo wake up one morning to fine themselves Web 2.0 famous.
Charli XCX gave the song a shout out, with labels swooping in an attempt to gain their signatures.
New single ‘beaching’ finds piri & tommy grappling with this New Year, and it’s a delicious return soaked in trop-pop textures.
The addictive guitar line unfolds over those head-rush beats, with piri’s voice moving from sighing refrain to effects-laden spoken word.
Says tommy: “trying to make a jungle track. I found a break, then started jamming over it on guitar with some Isley Brothers type of tones.”
“We just had the best time ever”, recalls piri, “and felt so close. I just wanted to capture that feeling as much as possible. At the end, you can even hear us talking about making sand sculptures, lol.”
A divine pop moment, ‘beachin’ is online now.
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