Hot and heavy pumpkin pie

I probably should have blogged this song earlier. It came up on my shuffle this evening and I double checked to see what I had written about it, but as it turns out, this stone remained unturned. The band is Edward Shapre and the Magnetic Zeros the band being in the same boat as the idea of David Bowie's "Ziggy Stardust" persona.

The band is led by Alex Ebert who after being kicked out by his girlfriend and joining a twelve step program for a drug-addiction he formed a "messianic" figure in Edward Sharpe.

Much like Ziggy Stardust, Edward was sent down from space, however in this case he is here to save the world, not to warn us of impending doom as Stardust did. However as their homepage tells, Edward is continually distracted by girls and romantic flings.

Alex Ebert

The song in question is "Home," and it is truly beautiful. Starting out with a whistling hook, that is nothing but catchy and breaking off in to a pretty feel-good guitar riff. It then flows in to Jade Castrinos (who believe it or not is the happiest person I have ever seen) intro and becomes a duet with Ebert and is just pure unadulterated joyousness. By far one of the best duets I have heard in my life.

I had the opportunity to see these guys last November, and it was a total party. It was at the Pearl Street Theater in Northampton and it was so majestic! The energy that Ebert and Castrinos give off on stage is as infectious as it is palpable, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros is definitely a live act that you just have to go see to believe.

"Home" by Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros from Up From Below (2009)

-S

P.S. If you're interested in Eberts infectious stage prescense, here's a decent quality live version-I couldn't stop smiling just watching this