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Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros will release their 13-song debut album, Up From Below this summer on Rough Trade Records. By turns rousing, anthemic, wildly adventurous and inspired, `Up From Below' is quite a debut album. Drenched in an almost choral psychedelic folk rock, it was recorded onto used 2 track tape using a 24 track tape machine made in 1979.
Yet to play in the UK, the most incredible reports have been coming out of the US this spring, where by all accounts, fans have often become so overcome with emotion at the band's live shows that tears of euphoric joy are not uncommon.
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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
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We are in serious hippie folk land here a place where I have to admit I am not entirely comfortable. Indeed Rough Trades latest prodigy are the type of bearded ex miscreants who never managed to catch the return bus from Glastonbury and have spent a little to much time failing to cook their mushrooms.
But don't let this put you off, indeed check them out doing a version of "Home" on Letterman's show on You Tube and I dare you not to enjoy it. Jolly good fun and what Paul Merton once described as "bonkers in the nut". Rolling Stone has described their stage appearances as "shamanistic tent revivals more than rock concerts". Perhaps I should stop at this point since I am not making a very good case here.
So what do ESAMZ have going for them and how good is Up From Below? For a start Sharpe (aka Alex Ebert who looks like an extra from the Life of Brian) is the best whistler since Andrew Bird and I must admit that I am thinking of calling for a Roger Whittaker revival since I am becoming such a fan of the "Two lipped and teeth" harmonica.
Who then are Edward Sharpe et al? The Rough Trade website tells us with no sense of irony that "this musical collective led by Alex Ebert make big, open-hearted anthems that evoke a different era when cynicism didn't course through pop music like countermelodies. The band's aesthetic, no matter how contemporary and organic its evolution, screams '60s psychedelia and '70s boho-rock right down to touring in a converted school bus with the band's name in script on the side and a driver named Cornfed" This is clearly written by someone taking a Poetry A Level but at the same time it is all a bit tongue in cheek like the band itself.
The music alternatively is the most enjoyable I have heard since Elvis Perkins cut his last track on this years "In Dearland" album. Standouts include the aforementioned country soul whistling stomp "Home" featuring Ebert and girlfriend/singer Jade Castrinos, singing about their uninhibited love for each other. It starts with off the immortal line probably intended to offend those of a redneck persuasion that -
"Alabama, Arkansas,
I do love my ma and pa,
Not the way that I do love you".
Other highlights are the superb "40 Day Dream" which doesn't half sound like Elton John mixed with the Arcade Fire. The "high grade epic psychedelia" that is Desert Song. The lovely "Black Water" and the genuinely weird but fun "Om Nashi me" and frankly daft "Janglin". I have no idea what this is about and don't care. All I know is that my cat stared hard at me when I played it.
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros
Seriously, they are gonna be huge particularly around campfires.
But don't let this put you off, indeed check them out doing a version of "Home" on Letterman's show on You Tube and I dare you not to enjoy it. Jolly good fun and what Paul Merton once described as "bonkers in the nut". Rolling Stone has described their stage appearances as "shamanistic tent revivals more than rock concerts". Perhaps I should stop at this point since I am not making a very good case here.
So what do ESAMZ have going for them and how good is Up From Below? For a start Sharpe (aka Alex Ebert who looks like an extra from the Life of Brian) is the best whistler since Andrew Bird and I must admit that I am thinking of calling for a Roger Whittaker revival since I am becoming such a fan of the "Two lipped and teeth" harmonica.
Who then are Edward Sharpe et al? The Rough Trade website tells us with no sense of irony that "this musical collective led by Alex Ebert make big, open-hearted anthems that evoke a different era when cynicism didn't course through pop music like countermelodies. The band's aesthetic, no matter how contemporary and organic its evolution, screams '60s psychedelia and '70s boho-rock right down to touring in a converted school bus with the band's name in script on the side and a driver named Cornfed" This is clearly written by someone taking a Poetry A Level but at the same time it is all a bit tongue in cheek like the band itself.
The music alternatively is the most enjoyable I have heard since Elvis Perkins cut his last track on this years "In Dearland" album. Standouts include the aforementioned country soul whistling stomp "Home" featuring Ebert and girlfriend/singer Jade Castrinos, singing about their uninhibited love for each other. It starts with off the immortal line probably intended to offend those of a redneck persuasion that -
"Alabama, Arkansas,
I do love my ma and pa,
Not the way that I do love you".
Other highlights are the superb "40 Day Dream" which doesn't half sound like Elton John mixed with the Arcade Fire. The "high grade epic psychedelia" that is Desert Song. The lovely "Black Water" and the genuinely weird but fun "Om Nashi me" and frankly daft "Janglin". I have no idea what this is about and don't care. All I know is that my cat stared hard at me when I played it.
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros
Seriously, they are gonna be huge particularly around campfires.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
What's not to like? Home is particularly good. The sound is akin to some kind of hybrid of The Arcade Fire and what The Pogues might have sounded like if their parents had emigrated to Southern USA rather than London. Having said that, not easy to pigeonhole, but worth a punt for anyone looking for something a bit different. Still not entirely sure what a magentic zero is, mind you :)
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
The summer of love meets Dixie. In one sentence, that's how I would sum up the sound of this album. It's pretty much an album of 2 halves; Feel Good and Feel Something. The quality is there throughout the whole album, so don't get confused with this description.
The feel good is the first 6 tracks. These will just raise you up. '40 Day Dream', 'Janglin' and 'Up From Below' will have you tapping your feet from the get go. Then there's the gift that's called 'Carries On' and it surely is a gift. This is followed by 'Jade' which is the name of one of the group members who was the main pen on 'Home' which is probably the happiest track on the album. You'll be whistling along to this one.
The feel something is the next 6 tracks beginning with 'Desert Song'. This is where it gets serious and Desert Song is a standout track that for me would probably outlast all the rest if it wasn't for 'Brother', the 12th track. I defy anyone not to feel something after listening to this track. The album is topped off with 'Om Nashi Me', a 6 minute mostly instrumental track with assorted chanting that re-ignites the feel good factor.
There is such an eclectic mix to this album, I think most music lovers will take at least half of this album to heart.
The feel good is the first 6 tracks. These will just raise you up. '40 Day Dream', 'Janglin' and 'Up From Below' will have you tapping your feet from the get go. Then there's the gift that's called 'Carries On' and it surely is a gift. This is followed by 'Jade' which is the name of one of the group members who was the main pen on 'Home' which is probably the happiest track on the album. You'll be whistling along to this one.
The feel something is the next 6 tracks beginning with 'Desert Song'. This is where it gets serious and Desert Song is a standout track that for me would probably outlast all the rest if it wasn't for 'Brother', the 12th track. I defy anyone not to feel something after listening to this track. The album is topped off with 'Om Nashi Me', a 6 minute mostly instrumental track with assorted chanting that re-ignites the feel good factor.
There is such an eclectic mix to this album, I think most music lovers will take at least half of this album to heart.
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Joyful, Heartwarming And Melodic
A great album full of melodies, harmonies and uplifting country-tinged tracks. Can't think why it's not wider-known or more highly regarded.
Published 3 months ago by George Feathers
The Magnetic are magnetic. Definitely joyful and hopeful.
Up from Bellow, outstanding album. The musics go well together, there's a wholeness in the album. It somehow speaks from beyond regular perspectives, and breakthroughs with... Read more
Published 6 months ago by Joćo Valentim
Amazing
Upbeat, folky, incredible. If you ever get a chance to go to one of their gigs or see them at a festival. do it. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Camilla
The best I have heard in a long long time
This cd is just great. Listen and enjoy!
i didnt know the band before and im fixed. why isnt there more like this?! Read more
i didnt know the band before and im fixed. why isnt there more like this?! Read more
Published 9 months ago by A. Goll
Hippie heaven!
I spotted this on Amazon.com and saw the positive reviews here and decided I would give it a go. That was the best thing I did that day, I am new to the glorious sounds of 'Edward... Read more
Published 13 months ago by Tommy D
super super super
I read a couple of reviews because they are playing at latitude and they are a very good reason to go. Album as most reviews have said is a real gem of catchy tunes. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Martin J. Clarke
An absolute must
These days, listening to CDs from start to finish seems almost unnatural. We now live in a world where we listen to our music randomly. Read more
Published 16 months ago by D. Beattie
Up From Below flies high
This album is fantastically produced with each song quite unlike anything else out there; I believe they used to call it cool.
Published 23 months ago by Mark OToole
Uplifting and really enjoyable
I bought this CD on a whim based entirely on the album cover and I have to say that the gamble paid off. Read more
Published on 1 Mar 2010 by J. Bloss
top notch from start to end
This is a superb album with a great range of songs, a real gem in the modern day world of manufactured dross. A must have album in your collection refreshing, uplifting and cheery.
Published on 17 Oct 2009 by S. Lockyer
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