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Not to be confused with Beachin', a song by Jake Owen.
"Beachin"
Single by Piri & Tommy
from the album Froge.mp3
Released28 January 2022
GenreJungle
Length
  • 3:14 (original)
  • 3:46 (Skream remix)
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Tommy Villiers
Piri & Tommy singles chronology
"Soft Spot"
(2021) 		"Beachin"
(2022) 		"Words"
(2022)
Music video
"Beachin" (acoustic live) on YouTube

"Beachin" (stylised in lowercase) is a jungle track by Piri & Tommy. Released 28 January 2022 through EMI as their second single from Froge.mp3 and first as Piri & Tommy, it described a trip the pair had taken to Formby beach, and received broadly positive reception.

Background

In 2021, Piri released two solo singles, "It's a Match" and "Soft Spot", both of which were produced by Tommy Villiers.[1] The latter went viral on TikTok and Spotify, prompting EMI to sign the pair, and re-release "Soft Spot"[2] under the name "Piri & Tommy Villiers".[3] "Beachin", their follow up, was released on 28 January 2022, as "Piri & Tommy", with Skream providing the official remix.[1] The song was originally intended for late October, but was delayed due to the success of "Soft Spot",[4] which also meant the pair were nervous to release "Beachin"; Piri told Dork in July 2022 that Villiers suffered from "impostor syndrome" before release.[5]

It was written after a trip to Formby beach in Liverpool,[4] and Piri's lyrics were an attempt at encapsulating how much they enjoyed the trip and how close they felt afterwards. The song was Villiers's attempt at making a jungle track, which he later annotated with what he described as "some Isley Brothers type of tones", and which ends with a spoken word section, from a video of the trip,[4] which discusses the creation of sand sculptures.[6]

Piri promoted the song by releasing videos to TikTok with the song playing in the background, resulting in several other videos using the song, which prompted the creation of a corresponding dance.[7] The song was first played on Unity Radio on Jasper Hopkins' Breakfast show.[4]

Reception

On 31 January 2022, BBC Radio 1 announced it as that day's "Hottest Record".[8] Notion described the song as a "sugary-sweet slice of escapism",[9] while LeftLion - reviewing a November 2022 concert by the pair - described it as a "summery anthem [which] instantly invited [the crowd] to return to that wildly missed festival feeling that the pair entirely capture within their work".[10] Clash described the song as a "divine pop moment" and a "delicious return soaked in trop-pop textures", and noted that the song's "addictive guitar line unfolds over those head-rush beats, with piri's voice moving from sighing refrain to effects-laden spoken word".[6] In addition, AllMusic complimented the song's "appl[ication of] atmospheric guitars to deep, rolling grooves"[11] and described Skream's remix as "abstract".[12]

Matthew Perpetua used his Fluxblog to describe "Beachin" as "extremely mellow at a high tempo" and "a dreamy moonlit ballad set to beats that sound like they’ve been yanked from a Roni Size record from the late 90s", noted that Villiers' production was "rich with details but feels a lot more breezy than busy, judiciously doling out bass notes and never lets the vibey atmosphere of the lead guitar or keyboard washes thicken into a dense fog", and noted that "Piri sings with very modern English R&B inflections – a lot of restraint and no showy runs, but with an elegant soulfulness in smaller moments", and "fits perfectly in Villiers’ track, matching the tone for the most low-key parts while adding a boldness when the bass and breakbeats really hit".[13] A slightly more lukewarm review, however, came from The Soundboard Stereo, who described the rest of froge.mp3 as "generally likable as background music […] outside of some detail on beachin that a sound like this is not in any way equipped to convey (for example: “I got him bussin’, he makin’ some mayo”)."[14]

Other uses

On 28 September 2022, the pair performed "On & On", "Beachin", and a cover of Crystal Waters' Gypsy Woman at a BBC Radio 1 session,[15] and on 21 October 2022, the song appeared on Piri & Tommy's mixtape, Froge.mp3.[1] On 12 January 2023, Piri & Tommy performed the song on Radio 1's Sound Of...,[16] and on 27 May 2023, Piri performed the song at Radio 1 Big Weekend.[17]

Track listing

Digital single[1]

  1. "Beachin" (Piri & Tommy) – 3:14

Skream remix[1]

  1. "Beachin" (Skream Remix) – 3:46
  2. "Beachin" (Piri & Tommy) – 3:14

Personnel

  • Piri – vocals[18]
  • Tommy Villiers – production, mastering[18]
  • Jonny Breakwell – mixing[18]

Release history

Release history for "Risk It All"
Region Date Format Version Label Ref.
Various 28 January 2022
Original version EMI [1]
11 March 2022 Skream Remix [1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "piri Singles and EPs discography". Spotify. Archived from the original on 4 February 2023. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
  2. ^ "The Zoomer Embrace of Drum 'n' Bass". Pitchfork. 29 October 2021. Archived from the original on 10 March 2023. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
  3. ^ "piri, Tommy Villiers - Soft Spot Album Reviews, Songs & More". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 3 March 2023. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
  4. ^ a b c d "Piri & Tommy Interview: 'Soft Spot' and Tik Tok Strategy! Interview W/ Jasper Hopkins". Unity Radio. Archived from the original on 1 February 2023. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
  5. ^ "piri & tommy: "I remember when I first discovered dance music. Once you're in, there's no going back"". Dork. 7 July 2022. Archived from the original on 17 November 2022. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
  6. ^ a b "Track Of The Day 28/1 – piri & tommy". Clash Music. 28 January 2022. Archived from the original on 28 February 2023. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
  7. ^ "piri and Tommy Villiers release new track 'beachin'". Mixmag. Archived from the original on 15 March 2023. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  8. ^ "BBC Radio 1 - Radio 1's Future Sounds, Piri & Tommy Hottest Record". BBC. Retrieved 2023-07-18.
  9. ^ "piri & Tommy: Dynamic Duo". Notion. 4 March 2022. Archived from the original on 5 February 2023. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
  10. ^ "Gig Review: piri & tommy at The Bodega". LeftLion. Archived from the original on 5 February 2023. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
  11. ^ "froge.mp3 - piri, piri & tommy, Tommy Villiers | Release Info". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 2023-07-01. Retrieved 2023-06-14.
  12. ^ "piri Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 15 January 2023. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
  13. ^ Perpetua, Matthew (2022-02-18). "Fluxblog 356: Spoon • Black Country, New Road • Piri & Tommy Villiers • Drama". Fluxblog. Archived from the original on 2023-07-08. Retrieved 2023-07-08.
  14. ^ "THE SOUNDBOARD STEREO: Banshees, Beyoncé & Black Adam". Thesoundboardreviews.com. 27 January 2023. Archived from the original on 1 July 2023. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
  15. ^ "Radio 1's Future Sounds with Clara Amfo, Paramore Hottest Record and Piri & Tommy Playing Live". BBC. Archived from the original on 30 May 2023. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
  16. ^ "Radio 1s Sound Of - Sound Of 2023". BBC iPlayer. Archived from the original on 29 May 2023. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
  17. ^ "BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend, Live in Dundee: 2023, piri". BBC Radio 1. Archived from the original on 27 May 2023. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
  18. ^ a b c Piri & Tommy (21 October 2022). froge.mp3 (Media notes). Polydor Records.
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