Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros - Desert Song

This is PART 1 of a 12-Part feature-length movie musical. The opening footage is of singer Alex Ebert's father chanting in Monument Valley - shot by his mother. Desert Song is about Alex's reckoning with the middle name his father secretly wrote on his birth certificate - a Native American name which means 'Devil' or 'Demon'. The debut album from Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, "Up From Below", will be available on July 14th in the US and July 13th in the UK.

The debut EP, "Here Comes", is available now on iTunes

DIRECTED BY: Benjamin Kutsko and Cory Marrero

LABEL: Community Music/Fairfax Recordings - US : Rough Trade - UK
DP: David Myrick
EDITED BY: Alex Ebert and Brandon Driscoll-Luttringer
VFX: Benjamin Kutsko and Casey Allen
WARDROBE BY: Cassandra Kellogg and Amanny Ahmad
MAKEUP: Sarai Fiszel

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[mimisoso121]

1:42

[1lilgreezy]

pink floyd

would approve

[eryandi latief]

where's Khaleesi ?

[Yoann Le Havre]

this is trippy

[Renato M. da Gama]

Pink Floyd certificate of legitimacy!

[Renato M. da Gama]

Cara, que fenomenal isso aí! Sério, incrível!!!

[TheSamBlonde]

Well this is certainly different...

[nathanyamaha465]

the secondary point is, you and I don't have the right to spill one another's or our own blood.

[zcham80]

The song is about how his father gave him a middle name that meant "The Devil". I gave you a fact and your telling me that it is a poor statement. Sorry man.. I grew up in an artist community with people including my father that are completely against drug use but make some of the weirdest art work. So don't tell me that you need drugs to think outside the box..

[gasface88]

You're the one making the poor statement. I never said he did this song while on drugs. I said it seems influenced by them. I stopped doing them a long time ago too, but I can still remember "trips" and things related to them. And if you think creativity has nothing to do with drugs - I don't know what to tell you. Sure, they aren't necessary, but some artists choose to use them and have made some of the most original work in history. Don't make broad, inaccurate statements.

[zcham80]

Alexander Ebert started this band after he became sober in his early 20's and he is still sober to this day. Creativity has nothing to do with drugs unless you are just not creative. Do your research before you make poor statements.

[Debestcioiseva]

spilt your blood and you'll be with him very soon