This got lost in the mix a few months back, my homie bromie Isaiah Seret directed the above clip, it’s the second in a twelve part music video series by Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros. As far as I can tell, they are making a video for each track on the record and each video is loosely connected in a story arc that follows the fictional character, Edward Sharpe, on his mission to heal humanity. This from wikipedia:
After breaking up with his girlfriend, moving out of his house, and joining Alcoholics Anonymous, [Alex] Ebert began work on a story about a messianic figure named Edward Sharpe. According to Ebert, Sharpe “was sent down to Earth to kinda heal and save mankind…but he kept getting distracted by girls and falling in love.” Ebert later met singer Jade Castrinos in Los Angeles. In the summer of 2009, as Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, Ebert and Castrinos toured the country with a group of fellow musicians in a big white school bus.
Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros’ record Up From Below was by far my favorite record of ‘09. If you haven’t heard it, pick it up, nowskis. Start with the infectious Home track (free download). If that doesn’t make you fall in love with the chick working in the cubicle next to you, then sheeit, you jus’ ain’t got no heart.
Props to Isaiah Seret for a beautifully lensed video.
