The ten-piece band added six extra musicians for the make of their new album ‘Edward Sharpe and the Magnectic Zeros’ that was released in July.
Rolling Stone has said about the album: “Huge and more evocatively produced than previous efforts (see the Neil Diamond-meets-Otis Reding orchestral drama of “Life Is Hard”). The choral and brass arrangements are rich, the band’s hands must be calloused from clapping, and the grooves lope and boogie hard. Ebert’s alternately gravelly and whiny soul man exhortations goose things along, while singer Jade Castrinos again proves a crucial partner (see her stirring George Harrison-style spiritual “Remember to Remember”). At their best, they conjure a California-commune Arcade Fire.”
Tonight’s support will be taken care of by singer/songwrite Foy Vance, from Northern Ireland. Not even a month ago, Foy was playing a show for a sold out Paradiso, and he has now been asked to join Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros on their tour. His latest album ‘Joy of Nothing’ was released last August. On this album, he has been working together with Ed Sheeran, Bonnie Raitt and others.
