Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Wait Mr. Pitchfork! Stop right there!

"Whether reading interviews with Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros frontman Alexander Ebert or simply listening to the last decade of his music, one gets the sense that he's the type of guy who might lean deep into a hammock and-- sans irony, with joint-- say, 'Yeah, man, music really is the universal language.'" - from the Pitchfork review for Alexander, the self-titled solo debut by Ebert


Read no more! What more is there to say? Grayson Currin, the author of this eh-he-sure-is-great-but-I-just-can't-resist-criticizing-it review, would likely disagree with my decision to ignore his poetic deconstruction of the album along with his carefully calculated score. However, I urge you to follow  my example and just enjoy the first sentence - not to mention the music.