piri & tommy | |
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| Background information | |
| Origin | London, England |
| Genres | |
| Years active | 2021–present |
| Labels | Polydor |
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| Website | piriandtommy |
piri & tommy (stylised in lowercase) are an English drum and bass group, formed in 2021. The group are formed of Sophie "piri" McBurnie and Tommy Villiers. The pair charted at number 99 in the Official UK Charts with their single "on & on". [1] They released their debut mixtape froge.mp3 in October 2022. [2]
McBurnie and Villiers first met in 2021 through Instagram when McBurnie found Villiers' account, messaged him, and they later started dating. [3] They then formed the group after discussing their shared love for dance artists like Disclosure and Kaytranada. [3] Their first single "soft spot" received over 18 million streams on Spotify [4] Further singles include "on & on" [5] as well as "beachin". [6] These then became the three singles from their debut mixtape "froge.mp3", which they released in October 2022. [2] They performed at the 2022 Reading Festival, [7] and were later signed to Polydor Records. [8] In November 2022, piri and tommy released a cover version of Charli XCX's song "Unlock It" which became popular on TikTok with an accompanying dance. [9] piri & tommy were also announced to be a nominee of BBC Radio 1's Sound of 2023 in December 2022, along with other artists like DYLAN, Cat Burns and FLO. [10] In January 2023, McBurnie announced via TikTok that herself and Villiers had split up. [11] Later that month, she stated that they will no longer be a band, and will go backwards to how their Streaming Platform Releases were formatted for their debut single. [12] They also received Breakup Coverage from Capital Dance. [13]
Critics categorised the band's music as drum and bass, [3] [14] pop, [15] and dance. [16]
McBurnie has stated that she grew up with artists such as the Arctic Monkeys however, her current inspiration mainly comes from Disclosure, MJ Cole and PinkPantheress. [17] Villiers lists Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Meters, Ed Rush and Lemon Jelly as some artists he grew up listening to, but says he takes current inspiration from Disclosure and Kaytranada. [17]
| Title | Year | Album |
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| "it's a match" | 2021 | Non-album single |
| "soft spot" | froge.mp3 | |
| "beachin" | 2022 | |
| "words" | ||
| "on & on" | ||
| "unlock it" | Non-album single | |
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