The indie rock band Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros began in the late 2000s
when Ima Robot’s lead singer Alex Ebert suffered an existential crisis and
created a story about a flawed spiritual leader named Edward Sharpe. He hooked
up with singer Jade Castrinos, and they became part of an arts community from
which the band started to take shape. Swelling to over ten members, the group’s
first public performance came in 2009. That same year they recorded their debut
album, Up from Below, which went to number 13 on the Indie album chart, and
topped out at 76 on the regular album...