Meet the band that really are all about that bass.

But London duo Kite Base are quick to banish any fears of dreaded slap bass solos or drawn out jams.

“In one of my old bands someone joked that if I ever played slap bass they’d chop off my thumb, and I kind of agree with that,” laughs singer Kendra Frost.

“But there’s different ways you can interpret bass. A lot of the time you can have distorted feedback and you can shoehorn that in, and our whole sound is about putting bass at the forefront for sure.”

Kendra’s partner in crime is Ayse Hassan, who’s day job is playing in acclaimed indie band Savages. The duo met through friends a few years ago and started throwing ideas around, before settling on the simple set-up that makes up Kite Base – two basses, some vocals by Kendra and added electronics.

The result is a brooding, powerful debut album of post-punk, Latent Whispers, that the women will bring to the Hug & Pint next Wednesday. It’s a record that belies the fact there’s only really the two basses pushing it along, a sign that the duo were on the same page right from the start of the project.

“When we had our first jam, we basically had an iPad with Garageband on it for our backing tracks,” says Kendra.

“I remember going over to Ayse’s house thinking ‘what the hell, let’s try this’ and from the first beat I loaded up it just seemed to work. Instinctively we were going to different places when we were jamming and not clashing. You have to just use common sense and we’re quite honest with each other, so if something wasn’t working we’d just laugh and say’ that was crap’.”

The pals earned some early attention with a cover of Something I Can Never Have by Nine Inch Nails, which earned some online praise from Trent Reznor himself, who re-Tweeted it.

“He’s incredible, and someone that has inspired countless amounts of people,” says Ayse.

“It’s really important to pay homage to people like that, who have worked their entire career creating things they want to create without compromising their sound. He’s special to us, and it was great to do the cover, because we could try to do something different to what other people have done with that track.”

The band’s two bass format obviously leads to some creative questions. But Kendra feels having to work around only having the one instrument leads to more focused songs.

“I find working with a certain level of restriction actually generates better results a lot of the time,” says Kendra.

“I find it quite overwhelming when you have something in front of you with a million different plug-ins, but when you have two basses, electronics and vocals you can build from there. It’s more liberating, in a weird way.

“We tried to be really open with it from the start and embrace the fact that anything that was ‘wrong’ would eventually lead to something that would work.”

Although the band have been working on material for a couple of years, their other work held things up, particularly Ayse’s Savages duties. She feels it’s been worth the wait.

“A lot of the first album was written remotely, sharing ideas while I was on the road with Savages,” she adds.

“But if you’re inspired by something then you will find a way to make it happen.”

And the duo are keen for their first Glasgow gig – especially after a kind-hearted Savages fan helped Ayse out last time she was in the city.

“A wonderful woman called Madeline actually delivered a tray of cookies to our dressing room in the past,” explains Ayse.

“It was really lovely to have local people embrace us and being super kind to us. Also, cookies are never a bad thing to get!”

Kite Base, Hug & Pint, Wednesday, £7.50, 8pm

JONATHAN GEDDES