Vocal trade-offs, tangled guitars, intertwining drums and bass – the band is definitely a sum of the parts, with plenty of detail to capture people’s attention.
Edward the Confessor is an independent rock band from the Minneapolis / St. Paul area. The band’s sound is based on indie guitar rock fundamentals intensified to produce complex melody and rhythm – a smart sound but with a strong pop accessibility.
Edward the Confessor began when primary songwriters Sean Hancock and Rob Burkhardt re-started a long-standing on/off again collaboration with drummer Nick Larsen in 2010. Approaching the band as a side project while Larsen was busy drumming with other bands (The Icy Shores, Maudlin), Burkhardt and Hancock gradually merged their songwriting in 2011. Adding bass player David LeDuc (Enemy Planes) in 2012, the band became fully formed and recorded its debut EP with Zach Hollander at The Pearl recording studio in spring/summer 2012.