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bedsitter23Before I got distracted by Ezra Furman, I was really digging Ed Shrader's Music Beat.
Ed and Devlin Rice have been around a bit. I think this may be their third album. Based in Baltimore, they share a kindred spirit with other local bands like Future Island, Beach House, and Wye Oak.
It is impossible to think of a description for the band without mentioning Suicide, as a propulsive beat drives almost every song. It's hard to think of too many bands that owe more debt to that duo, though they are original.
Beefheart comes a lot in description, though it's probably closer to n-th gen Beefheart bands like Man Man. Bowie comes up a lot too, especially in Schrader's voice. To me, Bowie isn't obvious (maybe it should be, check out the song "Tom"), but the music is very much like Bowie's contributions to the Lost Highway soundtrack. Certainly, both, Lynch is a touchpoint, and to wrap up the ingredients, there's NYC noise- both classic Sonic Youth and modern day Sacred Bones label style noise; and although I am no expert, there's something I would call approaching krautrock. Then, the biggest surprise, is that most of the songs are incredibly accessible with rare exception like the primal "Rust". "Riddles" could be TV on the Radio or any hip BBC6 artist.
Ed and Devlin Rice have been around a bit. I think this may be their third album. Based in Baltimore, they share a kindred spirit with other local bands like Future Island, Beach House, and Wye Oak.
It is impossible to think of a description for the band without mentioning Suicide, as a propulsive beat drives almost every song. It's hard to think of too many bands that owe more debt to that duo, though they are original.
Beefheart comes a lot in description, though it's probably closer to n-th gen Beefheart bands like Man Man. Bowie comes up a lot too, especially in Schrader's voice. To me, Bowie isn't obvious (maybe it should be, check out the song "Tom"), but the music is very much like Bowie's contributions to the Lost Highway soundtrack. Certainly, both, Lynch is a touchpoint, and to wrap up the ingredients, there's NYC noise- both classic Sonic Youth and modern day Sacred Bones label style noise; and although I am no expert, there's something I would call approaching krautrock. Then, the biggest surprise, is that most of the songs are incredibly accessible with rare exception like the primal "Rust". "Riddles" could be TV on the Radio or any hip BBC6 artist.
