04 Jul 2013

Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros
Better Days

Gentlemen Of The Road via Communion / Island

WE SAY

Not only do Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros have friends in high places, they have the tunes to back it up. Having forged an unbreakable bond with Mumford & Sons over the course of many weeks touring together - including the six-city Railroad Revival Tour in 2011 - the 10-member troupe are the first signing to Mumfords' Gentlemen Of The Road label, releasing their eponymous second album on August 26 via Communion/Island. Lead single Better Days, a soulful, gospel-inflected slice of pop rightly hailed by Clash online as 'classic without seeming cliched', has had a great first week at radio, picking up plays from Zane Lowe at Radio 1, Janice Long at Radio 2 and John Kennedy and Maz at Xfm. Still something of a well-kept secret despite selling out Somerset House in under an hour, the band arrives in the UK for a brace of shows in July. Something tells us they won't remain a secret for long.

London gigs: Secret UK album launch, July 5 / Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, July 6 (with Mumford & Sons) / Somerset House, July 19

CONTACTS

Label: Guillermo Ramos, Island +44 (0)20 7471 5079 / Helen Sims, Communion +44 (0)20 3227 0426 / Adam Tudhope, Gentlemen Of The Road
Radio: Claire Collins & Natalie Jennings, Scream +44 (0)20 7240 0004
Press & Online: Adrian Read, Inside/Out +44 (0)7939 540073
Live: Nick Cave & Adele Slater, WME +44 (0)20 7534 6800
Management: Bryan Ling, New Community Management

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