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Philadelphia’s Buried Beds started small, and grew into a monster. Physically. In three years, what began as a piano-and-guitar duo has ballooned into a mini-orchestra that has seen as many as eight people on stage. On two EPs and their debut full-length, Empty Rooms, the band has developed a unique fusion of old-time Americana, indie rock melancholy and classical string arrangements that earned them the title of Best Band in Philadelphia in Philadelphia Magazine’s Best of Philly 2004 issue.

Buried Beds sprang from the New Planet Art Collective, a West Philly haven for painters, musicians and writers where high-school friends Brandon Beaver and Eliza Hardy lived. Each began helping the other with their songs, creating a sound that mixed the harmonies of old-time Americana with the sad sensibilities of Carole King and Randy Newman. With the help of Philadelphia producer Edan Cohen and string arrangements by Brendan Cooney, another high-school friend, the songs took on new life in the studio, resulting in their first, self-titled EP. A second EP, Po Tolo, soon followed, garnering rave reviews from respected outlets like The Onion, The Believer and Philadelphia Magazine. Po Tolo’s haunting “River” even made its way into a Converse commercial

Live, the band was still just Brandon and Eliza, who now found themselves with two EPs full of lushly orchestrated songs that were impossible to play in a duo setting. After months of using a rotating who’s-who of Philly indie rock musicians and string players as a backing band, they assembled the full-time band that appears on Buried Beds’ first full-length, Empty Rooms.
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