If you look on a lot of the posts in these archives you'll see a list of bands referred to as "Related Artists." For a band like Ed Schrader's Beat, it's tough to think of a similar act - they're one of the most original bands around right now. That's partially due to their incredibly bare bones set up of a bass and single floor tom. That might sound like a limitation but for ESMB it's just their pallette. The songs are reduced to their basest elements and are played in such a deliberate fashion it makes most of it sound like a midnight drive on horrible dark roads (reflected in titles like "When I'm In A Car", "Traveling", & "Gas Station Attendant"). Ed Schrader's Music Beat is a living proof that you don't need a lot going on to have a lot going on. -LC