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The Beats, Man
10+ albums
kexpseattle
about
The Beats, Man move through the multi-verse, plucking out the choicest bits of folk lyricism, hip-hop swag and pop appeal. They feed on Simon and Garfunkel, drink up Beck and savor an Animal Collective aperitif. You will dance and sing along, out of control and comfortable, to their delicately surreal, beat-centric strange-pop. Classically-trained, structure-obsessed, and later turned on by the visceral expressiveness of punk rock and next-century avant, Erik Baldwin and Tim KerrCady occupy the space between genres, deliberately indulging in the freedom of absurdity, while maintaining a connection to their training and early aesthetic tastes. Finding the common ground between technology and tradition, The Beats, Man gracefully combine computerized beats and spaced-out effects with touched-up guitars and organ. It is deep-water dance music with endless appeal. The Beats, Man are certainly no strangers to live performance; their confidence and energy on stage are proof that these boys know from experience how to work a crowd. Comfortably shifting from sentimental to audacious, the Beats, Man live show is a stylistically dynamic, multi-instrumental exhibition of tones, sounds, and styles. The Beats, Man brand of pop music will move you around the room and get you thinking, all at the same time. Catchy and deep, their music warrants multiple spins, each go-around revealing new layers of subtlety and detail. Their versatile yet distinct flavors make fans of any genre hungr
