piri and tommy release album,"froge.mp3", a look into their relationship at 170 bpm

Pop duo and relationship goals piri and tommy, have released their first studio album froge.mp3 and it is uniquely addictive. They have been making DIY drum and bass pop music for the youth of the UK and the world beyond since they met in 2020, with piri on vocals and tommy on guitar and production. Cultivating their sound, process, and relationship during the pandemic, the pair have since evolved into a white-glove Gen Z dance music crack-team, crafting froge.mp3 with no one else involved. Piri and tommy’s names are the only ones that appear on the album credits, which is fitting, as froge.mp3 serves as an intimate look into their relationship. Much of piri’s songwriting is a direct commentary on their relationship, for better or worse.

“It’s all of the music we made in the first year of knowing each other – each song is a different memory or moment from that year,” tommy told DORK magazine. “Yeah, you can listen to the lyrics and track the point of the relationship, what’s occurring between us at the time,” piri added.

If listeners pay attention to the lyrics of tracks like “words” and “soft spot”, you can hear piri expressing adoration towards, or at times, venting to, tommy. Their relationship dynamic is evident in their music, adding another engaging layer to their art. Piri says she takes communication very seriously, and that their music is meant to encourage communication and understanding in relationships, especially in young love. This sentiment rings true throughout the project, establishing a familiar theme.

As for the album itself, froge.mp3 sounds like a flashback featuring a first date with a first love. Tommy’s rapid drum and bass production mimicking the driving heartbeat barely contained in your chest, paired with piri’s light and dreamy vocals, connote a nostalgic and colorful haze that hits like the tasty air of the ocean as you walk barefoot by the shore. Froge.mp3 rocks listeners into a euphoric remembrance that leaves them ruminating on the type of feelings that only exist within a memory, rarely within our grasp in real-time or even real life.

Froge.mp3 is an album best listened to front-to-back as each song, although featuring similar components, manages to distinguish themselves through lyrical content and overall energy. If you prefer to skip around, start with piri and tommy’s singles like “beachin’”, “soft spot”, “words”, and “on and on”. Get froge.mp3 and it’s singles here and check out piri and tommy’s socials + their latest music video for “on and on” below.