ED SCHRADER'S MUSIC BEAT - SERMON b/w RATS 7" (LOAD 134

ANOTHER DUO - ONE CALLED ED SCHRADER, THE OTHER NOT - JOIN US ON LOAD RECORDS WITH A FAIRLY NOVEL APPROACH TO ROCKING OUT. BOTH SONGS FEEL LIKE MUSIC ROOTED IN HARDCORE AND PUNK AND GARAGE BUT WITHOUT A GUITAR OR A SNARE DRUM. IT'S BASS AND A SINGLE DRUM AND TWO SINGERS AND PUSHING THAT ULTRA-MINIMAL EQUATION AS FAR AS IT CAN GO.

HOW FAR DO THEY GET IT? WELL IT SOUNDS SORT OF LIKE A CRUNCHY BASS AND A FLOOR TOM AND SOME SHOUTING. NEITHER SONG LASTS VERY LONG AND YOU DON'T HAVE LONG ENOUGH TO MISS THE OTHER SONIC ELEMENTS. I QUITE LIKE THE APPROACH BUT I GUESS I'M NOT EXACTLY THIRSTING FOR IT EITHER.

POST-LOAD RELEASES BY ED SCHRADER'S MUSIC BEAT WOULD EXPLORE A WIDER AND MORE CONVENTIONAL SONIC PALETTE AND TO BE HONEST I PREFER THEM. I'D BE INTERESTED TO SEE, ACCORDING TO THESE GUYS, HOW MUCH THEY THING THIS ULTRA-STRIPPED APPROACH CONTRIBUTED TO WHAT THEY DO NOW. LIKE, WHEN BRIAN ENO WAS ASKED TO DO THE WINDOWS 95 STARTUP JINGLE, HE REALISED HOW MUCH YOU COULD DO IN 3 SECONDS SO MUCH THAT 3 MINUTES OF A REGULAR SONG FELT LIKE AN OCEAN. SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT. OR NOT.