Free Electric State is a rock band in the high-volume sense of the term, playing extremely loud music that you'll feel as well as hear. That might seem surprising in light of the '80s-style synth-pop that David and Shirle Koslowski played in their previous band, Gerty. But this is really where their hearts lie.
It started a few years back with a reunion of Liquor Bike, a Baltimore band that David Koslowski used to play in. Letting the feedback fly got him thinking in that direction again.
"Playing loud and rocking again, making noise, using the amp as another instrument - that was really fun," he says. "It made me think, 'Wow, why didn't I do this earlier.' It also made me want to turn up the volume some more."
