Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic ZerosEdward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros · 2013

rollingstone

6.0

“Edward Sharpe is a sort of fictional spiritual leader dreamed up by L.A. bandleader-vocalist Alex Ebert. And on his outsize folk-rock band's big-tent third LP, he's in full-on love-drunk messiah drag. "I've seen better days/Dripping down your face," begins the LP's psychedelic sermon, followed by a mission statement: "We don't have to talk, let's dance!"  The sound of the 10-piece outfit, with six”

pitchfork

4.5

“On their third album, Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros take the "all you need is love" platitudes to a baffling and ultimately nauseating extreme.”