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- Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros
- Band Name: Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros
- Record Label: Vagrant
- Release Date: May 29, 2012
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May 24, 201291Before you dismiss them as Hollywood hippies, know that they're serious about the lovely troubadour melodies on Here.
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May 24, 201288It's hard to find many flaws in this new disc from Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros.
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Jun 7, 201280The production is just off-kilter enough to set them apart from the folk-rock pack, and they wisely resist the temptation to use their sprawling lineup as an excuse to imitate Arcade Fire.
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May 29, 201280[Here shows] a true progression without losing any of the magic that made their first album such a breath of fresh air. Simply superb.
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May 29, 201280Too many bearded men in isolation have sapped such joy from the genre, but Here brings it back in full.
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Jun 7, 201270Few albums dare to even come close to this stunning degree of grandeur, but with Here the Magnetic Zeros not only raise the bar, but easily scale it as well.
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Jun 5, 201270It's the kind of magical revisionism you can attempt 45 years down the line. And they damn near pull it off.
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May 31, 201270Blessed with an old-fashioned FM radio charm, Here is a worthy follow-up.
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May 24, 201270An album that is beautifully performed, but which could do with a little more of the sunny disposition that defined the band's first album.
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May 24, 201270It's hard to say whether Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros has hit their stride with Here, their second album--but it's safe to say that it brings forth just as much energy as the band's 2009 debut, Up From Below.
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May 31, 201260There's enough creative progress here to prove that the band isn't in a holding pattern, though they're shrewd enough to still be easily recognizable to the audience that formed around their debut.
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May 30, 201260A good deal of this album sounds like it could've been recorded by a lone foot-stomping folksinger, carrying over the intimate, around-the-kitchen-table ambience of Ebert's 2011 solo release, Alexander.
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May 29, 201260Balminess, after all, is the chief asset of this second album's slow-rolling, harmonic country-gospel jams.
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May 29, 201260If Up From Below was a crazy dance festival, Here is the smooth joint smoked in the shade afterwards.
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May 29, 201260The album comes up short in the song department and doesn't quite get by on its abundance of free-love signifiers.
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May 29, 201250He sounds absolutely defeated on this short, non-starter of a record.
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May 30, 201249Here winds up an album of originals, sung by the people who wrote them, but somehow resembling more than anything else a campfire sing-along of someone else's songs.
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Oct 30, 201240Frontman Alex Ebert shoots more sincerity with the sophomore effort, which paradoxically results in a set that feels about as authentic as his previous Ima Robot persona.
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Oct 12, 201240As tourism, fine, but it's no trip. [Jul 2012, p.103]
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Jun 19, 201240Two albums in, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros sound just as phony as Ima Robot did. [No.88 p.59]