Limited edition gold colour vinyl.

Abrasive post-punk was once the modus operandi for Ed Schrader’s Music Beat. On early releases such as 2012’s Jazz Mind and 2014’s Party Jail, the Baltimore duo created bite-sized vignettes rather than full-blown songs. Tracks such as “Televan” and “When I’m in a Car” burst like fireworks, evaporating into the air not long after the fuse was lit.

With the Dan Deacon-produced Riddles, however, those serrated edges had softened, and Ed Schrader’s Music Beat expanded their sound. Four years later, vocalist Ed Schrader and bassist Devlin Rice have returned with their fourth studio album and they have mostly relinquished aggressive post-punk for sleeker, more danceable sounds.