{"name":"Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros","title":"Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros","id":3391,"slug":"edward-sharpe-the-magnetic-zeros","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/api/v3/core/authors/3391/?format=json","bio_short":"Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros is an American <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/tag/indie\" class=\"bbcode_tag\" rel=\"tag\">indie</a>-<a href=\"http://www.last.fm/tag/folk\" class=\"bbcode_tag\" rel=\"tag\">folk</a> ensemble band led by <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/+noredirect/Alex+Ebert\" class=\"bbcode_artist\">Alex Ebert</a>, vocalist of the power-pop group <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Ima+Robot\" class=\"bbcode_artist\">Ima Robot</a>. The band's first full-length recording, <a title=\"Edward Sharpe And The Magnetic Zeros - Up from Below\" href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Edward+Sharpe+And+The+Magnetic+Zeros/Up+from+Below\" class=\"bbcode_album\">Up from Below</a>, was released July 7, 2009 digitally and July 14, 2009 physically on <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/label/Vagrant+Records\" class=\"bbcode_label\">Vagrant Records</a>. Its first show as a full band was played July 18, 2007 at the Troubadour in West Hollywood, California.  After breaking up with his girlfriend, moving out of his house, and joining a 12-step program for addiction, Ebert began work on a story about a messianic figure named Edward Sharpe.","artist_img":"//guitarparty.overcastcdn.com/images/EdwardSharpeTheM.2e16d0ba.fill-1200x675-c100.format-jpeg.jpg","songs":[{"id":3470,"title":"Home","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/songs/home-2/"}]}