Ed Schrader's Music Beat is Ed Schrader and Devlin Rice, a minimalist post-punk duo from the fair city of Baltimore, MD. The band started with Ed: a man unhinged channeling to the world a sacred message in the form of song. His only divining instruments: a single floor tom, one light, and a commanding baritone. After a few tours on his own, Ed asked Devlin to join in his quest. Now the band is one guy playing a drum in the dark and another dude with a bass, laughing at his jokes.

Their union quickly brought about the release of Jazz Mind, which SPIN called the sound of "the unfiltered, primordial joy of pounding on shit." The album (featuring collaborations with Randy Randall of No Age and Matmos) captured their raw and jarring live show through weird, wiry rock songs with a decidedly smart sensibility. Since the album's release, Ed Schrader's Music Beat have toured frequently in North America and Europe alongside the likes of Dan Deacon, Future Islands and hardcore luminaries Ceremony.

Party Jail, released on Infinity Cat in May of 2014, picks up where Jazz Mind left off, adding glam pop vibes to their already terse post-punk sound. The follow-up features songs that are equally loud and destructive, pensive and mischievously haunting. An early version of "Radio Eyes" was chosen for Sub Pop's "Sub Pop 1000" Record Store Day 2013 compilation. A new version of this song appears on Party Jail, as well as the single "Laughing". The album also features additional drums by Jeremy Hyman of Ponytail, Dan Deacon, and Boredoms.