When Lucas Etten and Jonathan Knudson formed The Cadavers to play as an acoustic duo in a coffeehouse in their hometown of Medford, they likely hadn't thought ahead to the time when The Cadavers -- later a cover band -- would morph into the radio-ready rock outfit Polydream.

But the band -- which now also includes Eric LeMeiux and Britton Rice -- has issued an EP, "A Rigid Shard of Balance," on Tin Whisper, a Middleton-based label and the three tracks (there's also a remix of one of them and a live version of a fourth tune) seem perfectly honed for modern rock radio.

The band lists groups like Snow Patrol, U2 and Tonic as influences and those shine through in the music. Thundering drums, chiming guitars and hard-hitting, melodic vocals render Polydream a band waiting in the wings for certain success.

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