If you don’t know by now that I’m a sucker for anything Alex Ebert related, whether it be Eddie Sharpe and the Zeros or Ima Robot or now his solo project under the name Alexander, well, now you know, even though you should have before. With the Alexander solo album being released on March 1 and a new Edward Sharpe album allegedly being released this summer, there’s certainly a shitload of inspiring musical awesomeness to look forward to. And perhaps what’s most inspiring about the Alexander album is that Ebert was responsible for every recorded guitar chord, drum beat, clarinet bridge and violin tone on the album, whether or not he at first knew how to play said instruments. We already got a peek at the album with Truth, a track that I love more and more every day (you can pick it up here), and now we’ve been treated to a stream of Million Years, a much brighter and more upbeat track than Truth, but one that is equally as catchy, thanks to Ebert’s influences from musical times gone by. Can this album just find its way to me already?
Thought I’d throw in this image from 2010 Coachella, since 2011 Coachella is just over 2 months away now.
Dude the album leaked yesterday!
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I really dig this new tom petty song.
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Yeah this new Tom Petty song rocks
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chris Reply:
January 30th, 2011 at 11:52 am
i dont get it
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Tom Petty Song..? You guys are idiots. This song is great. I look forward to hearing the rest of it.
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Agreed, this song is excellent. I’ll be searching hard for this album!
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Idiots? Wow that sounds positive, nice to hear you spreading the love. Alex obviously has influences. It has been seen in all of his music from ima robot to this. This song does sound like tom petty and a lot of his other songs sound like a lot of other songs. I would love to hear what his true original sounds are. No doubt he has talent, I am just waiting to hear something original.
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chris Reply:
January 31st, 2011 at 11:39 am
I guess my only question is do people hear Tom Petty in Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros? Cuz if anything this song kind of reminds me of “Up From Below”, and I don’t think that’s Tom Petty at all (nor do I think this one is). But then again, everyone is entitled to his or her own opinion!
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i guess anyone can say something sounds like something nowadays, but isn’t that what music is? isn’t music universal? did the rolling stones not rip off of muddy waters and old blues music? the real question is, does it sound good? my answer would be a definite YES! this man is bringing old sounds to a new generation and i’m all aboard
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chris Reply:
February 1st, 2011 at 9:53 pm
YES! and even if they think it does sound just like someone else, i still dont think that person is tom petty
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shelley Reply:
April 19th, 2011 at 4:16 pm
Definitely NOT Tom Petty.
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Paul Simon has a song on this new record too?
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yoda Reply:
February 2nd, 2011 at 3:13 pm
WOW, really? he must be talented then if he can sound like Paul Simon AND Tom Petty
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