Stream: Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, ‘Better Days’

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The spiritual uplift of communal folkies Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros is in full force on “Better Days,” the first single off the 11-member L.A. troupe’s forthcoming third full-length. The album, a self-titled affair, will be out July 23 via Community Music, and this single finds frontman Alex Ebert and crew dispensing their Summer of Love vibe in energetic but stripped-down fashion. “Down with history / up with your head,” Ebert sings. An interesting, if debatable, road map to “Better Days.”

||| Stream: “Better Days”

||| Live: Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros play Aug. 4 at the Hollywood Bowl.

Photo by Laure Vincent Bouleau