Good Neighbours

Formed in late 2023, Good Neighbours, aka singers, songwriters, producers and multi-instrumentalists Oli Fox and Scott Verrill, have rapidly become the UK's biggest new band. Released speculatively on TikTok in January 2024, their debut single Home, a big unapologetic stomper recalling the likes of 2010s indie-pop heroes MGMT and Glass Animals, and anchored by a heartfelt message about finding comfort in people you love, quickly went viral. Just as quickly it became an old-school hit, peaking in the UK at number 23, entering the top 20 in Australia (where they've toured extensively) and breaking into the Billboard Hot 100. It's success – soundtracking over 250k videos on TikTok and landing 450m streams on Spotify alone – earned them a deal with Polydor in the UK and Capitol in America, while the success of followup single Keep It Up has helped solidify them as a fixture on the live circuit.

It's been a frenetic rise. Home and Keep It Up, alongside recent singles Ripple, Starry Eyed and Suburbs, feature on the duo's debut album, Blue Sky Mentality. Created on the road on tour buses and in hotels while traversing the planet on their own headline shows, plus supporting the likes of Mumford & Sons, Benson Boone and Foster the People, it's full of unselfconsciously huge pop songs that take aim at the head and the heart. Thematically it focuses on community, friendship, coming of age and togetherness, channeling emotional lyrics through the prism of escapism and positivity. “If you listen to our music, or come to a show, and you feel better after than you did before then we’ve done our job,” explains Fox, encompassing the duo's modus operandi.