Riddles, by Ed Schrader's Music Beat

Riddles

by Ed Schrader's Music Beat

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haraiva this is probably my favourite album of all time Favorite track: Tom.

JACKSON BLOOMSTON My favorite album of 2018.

Seedaron I'm just so happy. I've learned of you as a screaming dude with a drum and a bassplayer but you're so much more and now you release this perfect album (atleast in my book) I hope you never stop doing what you love Ed and Devlin. Also Culebra made me nearly tear up what no song has done before, just so you know Favorite track: Culebra.

vodkabaptism This album rules, and these are the best dudes. Come back to NC soon now y'all, ya hear? Favorite track: Seagull.

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1.	Dunce 03:54	buy track
2.	Seagull 05:18	buy track
3.	Riddles 04:38	buy track
4.	Dizzy Devil 05:12	buy track
5.	Wave To The Water 02:24	buy track
6.	Rust 02:27	buy track
7.	Kid Radium 03:26	buy track
8.	Humbucker Blues 02:32	buy track
9.	Tom 04:04	buy track
10.	Culebra 05:27	buy track

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Ed Schrader's Music Beat needed to make this record. 19 tours in the U.S. since the Baltimore-based duo’s formation in 2010, from headlining underground spaces to opening massive venues for Future Islands, had left vocalist Ed and bassist Devlin Rice exhausted—and hungry to take their music to the next level. Ed and Devlin dreamed of a fuller sound—layered, breathing arrangements their early rapid-fire compositions always seemed to imply, without yet having the tools to realize.

On "Riddles," their first release for Carpark, the Music Beat begins their new life. In search of a fresh direction, Ed and Devlin invited their close friend, electronic-pop maestro Dan Deacon, to expand their sound and experiment with them as the album’s producer, arranger, and co-writer. Working steadily in Dan’s studio for two years in total collaboration, three evolving musicians pushed through an intense period of personal tumult and found purpose in the sounds they were committing to record. The result: a polished and passionate masterpiece of nuanced alt-rock. From driving opening track “Dunce” and the soaring single “Riddles” to the disarmingly gorgeous closer “Culebra,” Ed and Devlin unapologetically channel a personal pantheon of pop and rock gods while growing into the band—and people—they’d previously kept caged inside.

Dan, Ed, and Devlin all poured emotions produced by major life changes into these sessions. While in Puerto Rico on a rare vacation, Ed learned of the death of his stepfather, a charismatic but abusive figure who’d cast a dominant shadow on his formative years (feelings explored on the elegant “Tom,” and crucial to the flow of the album). Devlin sat at the bedside of his brother, who’d long lived with a terminal illness, as he saw through his choice to die with dignity. And Dan’s longest relationship, which had stretched across his entire career as a musician thus far, came to an end. “I looked forward to these sessions when everything else in life was a shit-show,” recalls Devlin, who began the record commuting from Providence to Baltimore, but moved into Dan’s studio as it neared completion.

“For me, the album parallels feelings of confronting the past, resolving it, facing the music, and blasting out of it,” says Ed. “It’s the album our hearts wanted us to make.” "Riddles" is a full-length collaboration between Ed Schrader’s Music Beat and Dan Deacon. All three people invested their souls into this record for two full years, and it shows.

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released March 2, 2018

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Ed Schrader's Music Beat Baltimore, Maryland

On Riddles, Music Beat begins their new life. Working steadily for two years in the apartment studio of close friend, electronic-pop maestro Dan Deacon, three evolving musicians pushed through an intense period of personal tumult and found purpose in the sounds they were committing to record. The result: a polished and passionate masterpiece of nuanced alt-rock.

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Jun 19

Roadrunner

Boston, MA
Jun 20

Radio City Music Hall

New York (NYC), NY
Jun 21

Franklin Music Hall

Philadelphia, PA
Jun 23

The Anthem

Washington, DC
Jun 25

The Eastern

Atlanta, GA
Jun 27

Brooklyn Bowl - Nashville

Nashville, TN
Jun 29

Palace Theatre

St. Paul, MN
Jul 1

The Sylvee

Madison, WI
Jul 6

MTELUS

Montreal, QC

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