The self-titled solo album from Alexander Ebert of the wonderful Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros will be released on the 1st March on Community Music (via Vagrant) and on 28th February via Rough Trade.

The album consists of ten brand new songs that Alexander wrote and composed entirely himself while touring with his main band. Alone in his room, he had his guitar, a Lowery organ he picked up at a St. Vincent’s thrift store in Los Angeles for seventy bucks, a clarinet he used for the bridge on the record’s first single, Truth, and a violin he’d found somewhere in Tucson on tour. He had his own voice, his breath, his knees to slap, his fingers to snap and his toes to tap. Every single sound on the record is of his own making.

Taking influences from all sources, from all-time-favorites of his like the 1970 chart-topping ditty In The Summertime by Mungo Jerry to children’s clapping games like Patty Cake and infectious and optimistic Disney tunes like Zip A Dee Do Da, all served as loose inspirations for him.

Here are the first two singles from the album, you can listen to Million Years and download the aforementioned Truth – you won’t be disappointed, both are cracking tracks.

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Download Alexander – Truth mp3 (from Alexander)