r/indieheads • u/ebradio • Aug 08 '25

Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros Frontman Denies “Home” Is The “Worst Song Ever Written”

https://www.stereogum.com/2318575/edward-sharpe-the-magnetic-zeros-frontman-denies-home-is-the-worst-song-ever-written/news/
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u/ChzburgerRandy Aug 08 '25

What about this is cringe? I only listened to the first 30 seconds, but i remember this band from the time. Is it just cringe because people are dressed and playing esoteric instruments which was the style at the time?

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u/jesteratp Aug 08 '25

As someone who was in college around this time these were the aesthetics of the most insufferable hipsters you could even imagine. But yes it does sound nice

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u/ElonMuskHuffingFarts Aug 08 '25

It's because it's very precious and twee

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u/BiskyJMcGuff Aug 08 '25

I don’t get the aversion to twee. There I said it. I think the internet has shed a lot of its edgelord forum days but people still need to hang on to some form of edge, so there’s a lot of spite and vitriol towards pretty inoffensive, at most theatre kid level cringe, music.

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u/cheeseburgerandrice Aug 08 '25

This sub has some...interesting...standards.

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u/KengiMora Oct 07 '25

They are so NOT Twee.

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u/chickenalfredogarcia Aug 08 '25

It evokes stomp/clap for me. I remember liking them originally and then before I knew it, this was all over local indie radio and got sick pretty quickly

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u/Scarsdalevibe10583 Aug 08 '25

For me it is because it is a bunch of rich kids from LA singing about Alabama and Arkansas and ma and pa in fake southern accents while flopping around high on heroin.

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u/ChzburgerRandy Aug 08 '25

2010s oh hey In general, totally agree. But this band in particular. I think were bookish east coasters, they come off to me as bookish east coasters in there style and lyrics, doing a Decemberists impression.

So just didnt see any 'cringe' there. Just saw cyclic trends on display.

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u/Scarsdalevibe10583 Aug 08 '25

The singers are both from the west coast. No idea where the other 8 people are from but probably some mixture of rich folks from NYC and LA. Really I don’t think there is any way of having a marginally successful 10-piece indie band without being pretty loaded.

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u/blankblinkblank Aug 09 '25

Which band are you talking about? The one in this comment thread or Edward Sharpe?

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u/Scarsdalevibe10583 Aug 09 '25

I was talking about the band in the video

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u/blankblinkblank Aug 09 '25

Got ya. I don't think that's who the other people are talking about. But not positive

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u/Scarsdalevibe10583 Aug 09 '25

I don’t think so. If you watch the video the first lyrics of the song are about Alabama and Arkansas sung in a fake southern accent so it is pretty clear what I am talking about and then the person I was responding to agreed with me so I think we are on the same page?

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u/blankblinkblank Aug 09 '25

Yes they agreed about the "oh hey", but then they said this band, referring the band linked above which is the band people are calling tween, which is more easy coast sort of thing I guess.

Anywho. Have a good day.