Built around the friendship and musical bond between guitarist Alex Glendening and drummer Maria Nuccilli, the Detroit-based band Deadbeat Beat combine garage rock toughness with indie pop melodies and psychedelic overtones to create a sound that's an homage to the past without being stuck in it. Their first few recordings were rough-and-tumble affairs; by the time of their third record, 2019's How Far, the group had added some sophistication and maturity to the mix.
Though it took a while for the band to jell, Glendening and Nuccilli first started playing music together wh...