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Up From Below

Edward Sharpe And The Magnetic Zeros

Up From Below

Chilled out psychedelia and a 60s folk-revival spirit from the LA 10-piece formed by Alex Ebert of ImaRobot.

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6.0

Label
Rough Trade
UK Release date
20/07/2009
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  1. 8.0 |   Uncut

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  2. 8.0 |   Rave Magazine

    It’s a gumbo of musical styles that feel like cruising through the sprawling Los Angeles landscape
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  3. 7.0 |   NME

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  4. 7.0 |   Clash

    There can be little doubt that Edward Sharpe and his merry people want to teach the world to sing in perfect harmony. As the world continues to ‘go Pete Tong’, they could find plenty of people out there who would like to join them around the campfire
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  5. 7.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    Aside from the obvious Sixties reference points, ESATMZ are likely to be tarred with the Arcade Fire brush for some time as well. Certainly it's a reference that often stands true, notably with tracks like closer ‘Om Nashi Me’, with choral vocals that would demand some form of audience howling along
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  6. 6.0 |   Independent on Sunday

    If Up from Below had come out in 1969, it may well have started a musical revolution. But times have changed and the acid-fried young folk of that year played their own small part in that cultural shift. For now, it's worth popping a few of these songs on to your iPod and musing on what might have been had that hippie dream not turned so dramatically sour
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  7. 4.1 |   Pitchfork

    ...it's humanity that's missing in Sharpe's mild but mannered and certainly unmemorable music, which feels focus-grouped, stone-washed, and artificial
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  8. 2.0 |   The Sunday Times

    Ghastly album, pointless band
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