Released July 23, 2013 Producer Alex Ebert | Length 56:57 Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros
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Genre Indie folk, gospel, neo-psychedelia, roots rock, indie rock Label Vagrant, Rough Trade, Communion, Gentleman of the Road | ||
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros is the third album by Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros. It was released on July 23, 2013 in North America and was released on July 29, 2013 around the world through Vagrant Records, Rough Trade Records and Communion Records. Frontman Alex Ebert stated that "These songs mean everything to me - It's the rawest, most liberated, most rambunctious stuff we've done."
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On May 22, 2013, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros posted "Better Days", the first single from the upcoming album on their Soundcloud and Tumblr pages.
On July 15, 2013, the band made the whole album available for streaming online through NPR.
The band uploaded a music video for their second single, "Life Is Hard", on their YouTube channel on September 19, 2013. The music video, filmed in The Box Theatre in New York, was performed in front of a live audience on August 25, 2013.
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Reception
On Metacritic, which assigns a rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros holds an average score of 61, based on 21 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".
The album debuted at No. 14 on Billboard 200, and No. 1 on the Folk Albums chart, selling around 18,000 copies in its first week . It has sold 60,000 copies as of March 2016.