Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros are trying a really interesting project. A twelve part musical based on, well, lead singer Alex Ebert can explain it best:
“According to Ebert, Sharpe “was sent down to Earth to kinda heal and save mankind…but he kept getting distracted by girls and falling in love.”
Who couldn’t relate to a story like that? Part 1 and 2 were recently released through AOL Spinner, and while it remains to be seen whether or not the whole thing “works” as a whole, I applaud the ambitiousness and grandeur of the project (I LOVE bands that go for that elusive epic quality in their work) and will be looking forward to part III when it’s released. The music alone holds my interest, but I enjoy the art house aspect of the videos as well. Judge for yourself and let me know your opinion. Here are opening salvos (sorry) “Desert Song” and Part II “Kisses Over Babylon”. Is that Dermot Mulroney in part II? Awesome.
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November 25, 2009
Awesome! The music is sublimely haunting and the photography looks like a neo-Jodorowksky picture.
On to part 2 now…
January 6, 2010
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