Springing forth from the Brighton scene that birthed bands like Black Honey and Fickle Friends, The RPMs have gone on a tear leaping ahead with each release. Childhood friends in Dorset, Jack Valero (lead vocals, guitar) and Callum James (drums and backing vocals), joined by Miguel Cosme on bass in Brighton and released two EPs showcasing their succinct and sharp pop suss in 2016–17. After radio play and plenty of support from the likes of Huw Stephens (Radio 1), Tom Robinson and Chris Hawkins (6 Music), John Kennedy (Radio X), and already having perfected their previous trio format, the band expanded to five with Chris Bowden on keyboards and Ollie Summer on lead guitar. With a swirling synthesizer sound wrapping around their melodic pop, pelting listeners with hooks and craft, and a debut album on its way, The RPMs mode of travel may have changed but their destination is as far as they want to go with acceleration ever escalating.