You recognize Alex Ebert. You recognize him even for those who don’t know that you realize him. Ebert is best-known to most of us as Edward Sharpe, and his band Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeroes had been the progenitors of the stomp-clap folks motion that you realize and love. Earlier this 12 months, there was an entire lot of on-line chatter about whether or not their 2010 hit “Residence” is the “worst music ever made.” Within the wake of all that, our personal Chris DeVille had a lengthy, fascinating dialog with Ebert, which additionally touched on his time within the pre-Edward Sharpe dance-punk band Ima Robotic. Now, a misplaced Ima Robotic album is about to get an official launch.
When “Residence” was on the heart of all that on-line dialog just a few months in the past, I additionally noticed a bunch of individuals mentioning the truth that the identical man was as soon as in a mid-’00s dance-punk band who had been extraordinarily of their period. It’s true! Ima Robotic could be essentially the most mid-’00s band of the mid ’00s. They launched a few major-label albums, and their music “Buck Boogie” turned the theme music to the TV present Fits. In 2006, Ima Robotic made Search And Destroy, an album that by no means bought an official launch. They bought it at stay exhibits, and it has a Discogs itemizing, however it by no means formally got here out. That’s about to vary.
Subsequent month, Ima Robotic will lastly launch Search And Detroy. In a press launch, Alex Ebert says, “In quite a lot of methods, these things feels like the unique Ima Robotic, the pre-signed fuck-it. There’s a lightness to the entire thing. It feels extra like the unique idea, a reclaiming of the preliminary vibe.” Take a look at the title observe, which is so 2006 that you simply may end up magically transported into an American Attire, with a can of Sparks in your hand.
Search And Destroy is out 11/14 on Group Music Group.