Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros: Up from Below

Copy at Case Memorial Library
Contents: 40 Day Dream, Janglin, Up from Below, Carries On, Jade!*, Home, Desert Song, Black Water, Come In Please, Simplest Love, Kisses over Babylon, Brother*, Om Nashi Me.
Personnel: "Aaron plays bass and percussion and sings, Christian Letts plays guitar and sings, Edward sings and plays guitar, harmonica, and percussion, Josh plays drums and sings, Nicolo plays guitar and keys and sings, Jade sings and plays percussion, Pico Cole plays trumpet and sings, Tay plays piano and sings, Orpheo plays percussion and sings, Nora plays accordion and sings, Anna plays viola and sings, and Aaron Embry plays keys and sings!"
"Even the Babylonians probably wouldn't have grokked singer Alex Ebert's math theory: '0 is magnetic, and 4 + 3 might equal 1 or 2.5, depending on the magnitude of 0.' Lucky for Ebert, the absolute value of his psychedelic folk pop is much easier to calculate. Filled out by musicians, including trumpet and conga players, the 13 songs on the troupe's effervescent debut Up From Below add up to |a|wesome" ("Playlist," Wired, 8/09, p. 45).

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