Sharpe's Zeroes

If you don't already, I implore you to listen to Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeroes. I just recently delved into their album 'Up From Above' and have simply been blown away. They remind me of what the Psalters would have been like if they were good. Or, boasting 11 members, they remind me of an orchestral folk version of The Arcade Fire. Alex Ebert has the perfect, rugged vocals that make it work. But many of the songs are made even better by the complement of Jade Castrinos' chalky vocals.

Such as here, on this performance of 'Home' on Letterman.

I absolutely love the part that rings a chord of the old Johnny & June Cash tunes, when the song allows for a brief dialogue. What fantastic lyrics (A = Alex and J = Jade):

A: Jade
J: Alexander
A: Do you remember that day you fell out of my window?
J: I sure do, you came jumping out after me.
A: Well, you fell on the concrete, nearly broke your [tookus], you were bleeding all over the place and I rushed you out to the hospital, you remember that?
J: Yes I do.
A: Well, there's something I never told you about that night.
J: What didn't you tell me?
A: While you were sitting in the backseat smoking a cigarette you thought was going to be your last, I was falling deep, deeply in love with you, and I never told you until just now.

Something so beautiful and 'old-fashioned' you can easily picture it. Nicely done, Ebert & Co.