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MASTER OWNED BY:
Vagrant Records
Dan Gill
PH: 323-302-0100 x233
SYNCH OWNED BY:
Chrysalis Music Publishing
Scott Cresto
PH: 323.658.3302
FAX: 323.658.8521
Band website
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From Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros: an organic L.A. folk-rock band
Kevin Bronson/LA Times
May 19, 2009 |
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"Alex Ebert could easily double as some kind of
indie-rock messiah."
"... he is no longer Alex Ebert, hard-partying lead
singer of the dance-rock band Ima Robot; he becomes Edward Sharpe, his boyhood
alter ego, and his band is his family. His agenda, as 1960s as it sounds, is
little more than love and honesty."
"Their big, open-hearted anthems evoke a
different (but perhaps no less turbulent) era when cynicism and irony didn't
course through pop music like countermelodies."
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Like its obvious Motown antecedents, "40 Day Dream"'s keening strings and Ebert's theatrical delivery make the song sound like a man at the end of his tether, when in fact he's just really happy to be in love-- "the magical mystery kind," lest you think the Magnetic Zeros are all honesty and no postmodernity. Punchy percussion is "40 Days"'most captivating and crucial feature; it helps the song maintain buoyance through two 
lengthy breakdowns, and neutralizes some of the melodrama endemic to lyrics concerning new love. Ultimately, the song unfolds and evolves beautifully, letting the listener bask in layers of ebullient analog sound, handclaps, and an infectious chorus. 