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One to watch: Porij | Musique Non Stop

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Saturday, November 28, 2020

One to watch: Porij

In just a year, this carefree dance foursome have traded the Royal Northern College of Music for the 6 Music playlist

Squeaky-new foursome Porij (as in porridge) became a proper band quicker than they’d planned. Eggy (vocals and keys), Tommy (vocals and guitar), Jammo (bass) and Tom (drums) were sharing university halls and studying popular music together at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, and had tentatively started to make beats. But when a friend’s band pulled out of a live show, they were asked to step in with only a week to write a setlist.

Just over a year later, and they look like four Christine and the Queenses in their matching check suits – the kind of band you can imagine performing at the prom in Sex Education. And whatever came out of those hurried sessions has bloomed into an endearing blend of house, garage, new wave and lo-fi pop.

Porij’s Breakfast mixtape is out now on Oat Gang Records

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by Kate Hutchinson via Electronic music | The Guardian

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