COLOSSAL SQUID ft AK PATTERSON
‘KICK PUNCH’ + UK TOUR

The Independent: “...One of the most innovative skin-bashers in modern 21st century music.”
Line Of Best Fit: “Phenomenal…. Betts captures the kind of breathless euphoria you'd expect at the apex of an Ibiza club classic.”
Chino Moreno (Deftones): “One of my favourites on the planet”
Goldie: “An exhilarating fierce drum soundscape...The guy’s a fucking animal!”
DIY mag: “In Adam Betts, the band (TTT) possess one of the very best drummers in the UK”
NME mag: “...the unfuckingbelievable skill of drummer Adam Betts.”

Adam Betts (Three Trapped Tigers) and his Colossal Squid project has returned with haunting 2nd single Kick Punch. Featuring an eerie vocal from fierce alt songstress AK Patterson, the track was composed and performed live by Adam, purely from a drum kit with integrated synthesizers.

The aptly titled song hits hard from start to finish, with big drops and AK Patterson’s almost schizophrenic vocal sounding like the ramblings of a character from a Steig Larsson novel brought to life.

Describing work with AK Patterson, Adam said “I started this tune around the main synth riff, and it quickly became a pretty doomy groove, but when AK sent through what she'd written on top, it gave it a completely new spin - I would never have thought for the vocals to try and top the tune's intensity, but AK's fire is ferocious and joyfully unhinged. I loved what she suggested immediately.” AK said “The intensity of the track resonated with me instantly. It created strong imagery in my head of slo motion fight scenes, vast desert landscapes and mirror images in combat. It conjured up a character to base the song around and I delight in performing it almost as a duel between me and Adam on stage.”

The pair will be hitting the road for a UK tour together in March. Dates below.

After drumming on tour with Squarepusher, Goldie, Jarvis Cocker and Pete Tong the song is the second to drop from Betts forthcoming album released via Square Leg records.

Square Leg boss, producer Charlie Andrew (Alt-J, Marika Hackman, James, Bloc Party) fell for Colossal Squid after meeting Betts in the studio on another project. Andrew says, “When I heard the stuff he’d been working on my jaw dropped with excitement…so much innovation…so much energy”.





Kick Punch Released: March 8th
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March
21st Ramsgate Music Hall
24th Leeds Brudenell Social Club
25th Glasgow The Hug & Pint
26th Newcastle The Cluny
27th London The Shacklewell Arms
April
20th Bad Pond Festival, Brighton *
August
15th Arctangent Festival, Bristol *