Beat Combo (in a former life Pre-Birds) are a band that deal in, in their own words, ‘noisy, wonky grooves’. Issued earlier this year through Serial Bowl Records, this EP comes as a debut for the Nottingham quartet – who used to be a trio – with the writing and recording as a 4-piece prompting a direction and moniker change. In the year between capturing the album at Bear Bites Horse Studios and its actual release, the band had been out on the live circuit, opening for the likes of Hot Snakes, and Flipper, until COVID-19 put a halt to all that. ‘Kind Regards’ ignites with immediacy: first track ‘Pyro’ (video HERE) is buzz and beat and bawl – “You watched the whole thing burn” – an almost-jaunty math-rock groove takes hold, until the back end of the song is whipped u...
