One of a handful of videos on Porij’s YouTube page has them playing their track ‘150’ in the back garden of their old shared house in Whalley Range, south Manchester. It ends with a neighbour, working from home, telling them off for making too much noise. “Oh, sorry man,” chirps their drummer, Tom, before a disclaimer follows: “In his defence, it was 10am so we probably deserved it.”

It’s a nice summation of this stylistically un-categorisable young band’s irrepressibility; when their hectic gigging schedule ground to a halt for obvious reasons in 2020, the four-piece - all music students in Manchester at the time - moved in together and channeled all their energy into fresh material. “It was almost a bit of a blessing in disguise,” says Tom over a four-way Zoom call (the band started out in the city, but are now scattered across the country). “It used to be that rehearsals might have [involved] spending a couple of hours learning a new song before a gig. We suddenly had time to hone our live sound, and when we returned, it was such a vibe.”

The quartet - comprised of Tom on drums, Jammo on bass, Tommy on guitar and Eggy on vocals - are tricky to pin down musically. There’s no question they make dance music; it’s just that it shifts shape from track to track, littered as they are with nimble guitar riffery, infectious grooves, and inventive beats from the band’s apparently inexhaustible supply. “We’re all beat-makers,” offers Tommy. “It’s a band with, essentially, four producers, who are all instrumentalists as well. It’s a clash of different mindsets, and that’s why the sound is so eclectic. Every single song starts differently.”