I really just started listening to this album last year, even though the album came out in 2009. I found this album to be a lot of fun and unique while listening to it.
Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros are a great modern folk band that have a lot of rich sounds and mixture of different genres of music heavily influenced by the late 60's early 70's bands, such as, the Grateful Dead, The Doors, and The Mamas & the Papas.
Front man Alex Ebert has an interesting story of over coming the lifestyle of partying and drug abuse. Really his whole experience is what leads him to form Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, "Ebert wanted to make a change. He broke up with his then-girlfriend, moved out of his house, and did a couple of stints in rehab. He spent a year sleeping on a blow-up mattress in a tiny apartment, disconnected from the world. This time alone left him to contemplate Edward Sharpe, his alter ego."
Ebert developed Sharpe into a messianic figure, saying "He was sent down to Earth to kinda heal and save mankind, but he kept getting distracted by girls and falling in love." One such girl was the singer Jade Castrinos, whom he saw sitting on an outdoor bench and immediately knew he needed to have a relationship with her. Their resultant affair formed the seeds of what would become Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros. The band would grow to have 10 members and you can hear it in their music.
I've definitely heard this stuff on KNC before. Good share.
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