Last week, it was announced that Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeroes will be part of the Thursday at Canalside summer series, with a performance scheduled for Thurs, June 13th (something I guess Consequence of Sound just didn't feel the need to include) down at the water front. Today, the group released "Better Days," first track from their upcoming third full length album, which is annoyingly self titled (back to this in a minute). The track is actually pretty good, much better than anything I heard on their sophomore LP. Vocalist Alex Ebert's voice has some much needed heart this time around as the rest of the band, even Jade (who always appears to be drunk/stoned/both), provide some soulful backing harmonies. The song, well chorus reminds me a bit of the Four Stairsteps "Ooh Child," which I guess is not a bad thing at all.
OK, now back to this self titled thing. Why do bands do this on any album that is not their debut album? That I get. The album is introducing the band to the world, so why not keep it self titled. But anything past that, I would like to think that the group has enough creativity to think of some kind of title. Hell, just grab a lyric from a song and throw it up there. This will always be a major pet peeve of mine. Anyways, Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeroes (sigh...) will be released on July 23rd.
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