The band's music is a blend of future soul, funk, hip hop, jazz, formed from a mix of live organic elements, loops and samples.
Pieces of a Man (POAM) was formed in early 2013 by musical director and producer lllya "Pils" Gosling, together with DJ and visual artist David "DK" Klein, together with keyboardist Pete Robinson (Riot Jazz) and four female vocalists; Julie E. Gordon, Jo Fidler, Su Durant and Caz Gosling.
[2] Tolu "To!u" Ajayi initially replaced one of the original four singers, later becoming frontman on departure of the other three vocalists in summer 2013.
After the release of their debut mixtape the band were noticed and supported by several promoters including BBC Introducing, Mike Chadwick (Snarky Puppy) and Lubi Jovanovic (Soul Rebels).
[2] In 2016, following their appearances on The Funk Apostles UK tour, POAM started to write and record demos for what would eventually become their debut album.