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Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Mumford & Sons and Ima Robot. Those roots explain a lot about how Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Head and the Heart, Noah and the Whale, The Lumineers, Blind Pilot and Alexander, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Mumford & Sons and Old Crow Medicine Show, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 26 connections around Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, reaching back through Mumford & Sons and forward to Mumford & Sons. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros were an American folk rock band formed in Los Angeles, California, in 2005. The group was led by singer Alex Ebert. The band's name is based on a story Ebert wrote in his youth, about a messianic figure named Edward Sharpe. Drawing from roots rock, folk, gospel, and psychedelic music, the band's image and sound evoke the hippie movement of the 1960s and 1970s. The group's first show was played July 18, 2007, at The Troubadour in West Hollywood, California. Their first studio album, Up from Below, was released on July 7, 2009, on Community Records and featured the popular single "Home". The group released their second full-length album, Here, on May 29, 2012, and third album, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, on July 23, 2013. Their fourth studio album, PersonA, was released in April 2016.
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Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros connections
Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros grew out of Mumford & Sons and Ima Robot, shares an orbit with The Head and the Heart, Noah and the Whale, The Lumineers and Blind Pilot, went on to shape Mumford & Sons and Old Crow Medicine Show. 26 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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