Rudimental: 'living for the weekend? We still feel like that as adults'

In Rudimental’s eyes, 2025 needs a major dose of rave therapy. “The world's always in pieces and we're probably more on the brink of World War III than ever,” says Piers Aggett, stroking at a lustrous beard as he considers the fundamental message of “Nights Like These”, the Hackney drum and bass trio’s new single. “But being with the people you love and enjoying the moments you have is what speaks to me.”

“Nights like these be the ones that make us,” croons guest singer Rag’n’Bone Man over the track’s muted piano, gospel choir and frenetic beats. And an earlier, 2023 single “Dancing is Healing” - the first sensitive D’n’B volley from their forthcoming fifth album Rudim3ntal, and a Top Ten hit - cut even closer to the band’s central ethos. “What Rudimental represents is going out and enjoying yourself in this mad place that we all live,” Aggett explains, lounging via video call in the back seat of his car. “[Dance music] has been great therapy for me in my life.”