I have just returned from seeing Edward Sharpe & The Fantastic Zeros playing at the Old Vic Tunnels near Waterloo. Both the band and the venue were extraordinary and a full review will be up on this pages shortly.
In the meantime here is the video for ‘40 Day Dream‘, the latest instalment in the bands 12-part music video series. The story continues with the character Edward Sharpe meeting the rest of The Magnetic Zeros. If you haven’t seen the previous videos for ‘Kisses Over Babylon‘ and ‘Desert Song‘ then catch them now. You are in for a treat.
My choice of #01 album of 2009 should come as no great suprise to regular Cougar Microbes readers and anyone who has spoken to me over the last six months. Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros gate crashed my music collection last summer, when I first heard ‘Up From Below‘, and soon enough became the guests of honour following 3 amazing live performance around London.
I have written so extensively about the exploits of the Californian 10 piece that it is obvious they struck a chord with me. It has been years since I have become obsessed with a band, and with my self appointed critic status justifiably so. However ES&M0 came along and reverted me to a sparkly eyed music fan once more.If your heart doesn’t warm to the spine tingling emotions displayed on ‘Home‘ then there may be nothing more the doctors can do for you.
As I wrote back in August: for the past few weeks it feels like I have joined my own cult group devoted to producing heartfelt psychedelic pop music.
The spirit of The Merry Pranksters lives on into 2010.
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