A MILLION YEARS RADIO EDIT
March 29th 2011 04:53
ALEXANDER
OF EDWARD SHARPE AND THE MAGNETIC ZEROS
NEW SINGLE ‘A MILLION YEARS’
Taken from his debut solo album ALEXANDER
‘A Million Years’ is the new single from Alexander’s debut solo album Alexander.
Grabbing our attention as the front man of Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, Alexander Ebert takes a poetic approach to lyricism on his solo debut. ‘A Million Years’ goes on to further highlight his poetic ability with a cheery melody about a deep love connection. “Been a million years full of tears but I found my girl”, sings Ebert.
Whistling skills in hand, knees to slap, fingers to snap and toes to tap, Ebert holed up in his bedroom during breaks from Edward Sharpe touring and recorded his solo debut. With his guitar, a Lowery organ, a clarinet and a violin, Ebert composed the whole album himself, “I wanted to be able to build an album basically with my hands”, he says.
He explains that some of his inspirations for the “mouth sounds” heard throughout the album come from all-time favourites of his like the 1970 chart-topping ditty ‘In The Summertime’ by British band Mungo Jerry. “You can find me whistling or singing that song all the time,” says Ebert, who also cites children’s clapping games like Patty Cake and the Disney tune ‘Zip A Dee Do Da’ as loose inspirations.
"This side project is a shambolic, life affirming collection of tunes that are impossible to dislike" Triple J Magazine
"He says his creative process involves yelling dancing and nakedness. Nude or not, when Ebert unleashes his creativity in solo mode the results are joyous" Drum Media Perth
“Inspired by kid’s tunes such as Zip A Dee and Do Da, which you’ll quickly pick up in the ease of his catchy swinging melodies, Ebert’s music paints vivid pictures of love and loss” 8/10
Sun Herald
“Alexander is at turns whimsical, somber and poignant — Bob Dylan meets Roy Orbison meets Mungo Jerry, if you will. Rooted in the '60s folk tradition, Ebert's messages of love and self-reliance don't approach the Brobdingnagian entreaties of the Magnetic Zeros' messianic neo-psychedelia, but they reflect the same earnestness” LA Times
Publicity material provided and compiled by Remote Control.
OF EDWARD SHARPE AND THE MAGNETIC ZEROS
NEW SINGLE ‘A MILLION YEARS’
Taken from his debut solo album ALEXANDER
‘A Million Years’ is the new single from Alexander’s debut solo album Alexander.
Grabbing our attention as the front man of Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, Alexander Ebert takes a poetic approach to lyricism on his solo debut. ‘A Million Years’ goes on to further highlight his poetic ability with a cheery melody about a deep love connection. “Been a million years full of tears but I found my girl”, sings Ebert.
Whistling skills in hand, knees to slap, fingers to snap and toes to tap, Ebert holed up in his bedroom during breaks from Edward Sharpe touring and recorded his solo debut. With his guitar, a Lowery organ, a clarinet and a violin, Ebert composed the whole album himself, “I wanted to be able to build an album basically with my hands”, he says.
He explains that some of his inspirations for the “mouth sounds” heard throughout the album come from all-time favourites of his like the 1970 chart-topping ditty ‘In The Summertime’ by British band Mungo Jerry. “You can find me whistling or singing that song all the time,” says Ebert, who also cites children’s clapping games like Patty Cake and the Disney tune ‘Zip A Dee Do Da’ as loose inspirations.
"This side project is a shambolic, life affirming collection of tunes that are impossible to dislike" Triple J Magazine
"He says his creative process involves yelling dancing and nakedness. Nude or not, when Ebert unleashes his creativity in solo mode the results are joyous" Drum Media Perth
“Inspired by kid’s tunes such as Zip A Dee and Do Da, which you’ll quickly pick up in the ease of his catchy swinging melodies, Ebert’s music paints vivid pictures of love and loss” 8/10
Sun Herald
“Alexander is at turns whimsical, somber and poignant — Bob Dylan meets Roy Orbison meets Mungo Jerry, if you will. Rooted in the '60s folk tradition, Ebert's messages of love and self-reliance don't approach the Brobdingnagian entreaties of the Magnetic Zeros' messianic neo-psychedelia, but they reflect the same earnestness” LA Times
Publicity material provided and compiled by Remote Control.
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