Bonded by their love of literature and the beauty found in well-crafted lyricism and narrative, Tommy Lefroy are coming into their own with their second EP, ‘Rivals’.
Words: Neive McCarthy.
This article is currently only available to Dork supporters. Sign up to read now here. If you’re already a member and are still seeing the paywall message, log in to Steady here.
For the Pride & Prejudice fans amongst us, the name Thomas Lefroy might ring some bells. The man responsible for Jane Austen’s own heartbreak, he is thought by many to have inspired Mr Darcy himself. Fast forward a couple of centuries, and enter Tessa Mouzourakis and Wynter Bethel. Battling their own experiences of men acting out of order and navigating their early twenties, they looked no further than the man himself when it came to deciding on a band name. And so became Tommy Lefroy.
Dropping their debut EP, ‘Flight Risk’, back in 2021, Tessa and Wynter meticulously weaved a world of magical, empowered examinations of the self and the world around them. They dove headfirst into what it meant to be a bit flighty sometimes, to be lost in their writing and on the cusp of seismic changes in their own lives. Two years later, those changes have played out, and Tessa and Wynter have emerged anew – bolder, inspired, unafraid.
“We joke that ‘Flight Risk…
