Ed Schrader's Music Beat - "Roman Candle"
Photo by Joanna Tillman Baltimore duo Ed Schrader's Music Beat are sharing one of the more unique singles we've heard in a while. "Roman Candle" is about a nineteen year old Schrader sneaking into Woodstock '99 and watching candles that were intended for a vigil to honor the victims of Columbine be instead used to set fires. After the press tower collapsed, Schrader boarded a bus and was dropped off near a Denny's. "Roman Candle" has a bit of a New Wave and darkwave sound to it, and will most likely appeal to fans of bands like New Order and Depeche Mode. However, it doesn't sound like a throwback the way a lot of post-punk that borders on New Wave does. Ed Schrader's Music Beat is a virtually brand new take on that sound. Not many artists can take a five decades old sound and make it this fresh, but they pull it off admirably. Ed Schrader says of their new single: “It was a far cry from the Garden of Eden. That experience defined what I did...