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Riff: Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros – “In the Summer”

Jul 22, 2013

Your sister and your brother/Contemplatin’ God out there on the sidewalk/Eatin’ ice cream cones

from In the Summer lyrics by Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros

Props to Ebert for including a line about “masturbating” in this playful/lazy summer jam. He continues to depict every part of your past summer experiences from “loner girls” to “graffiti boys” in a “television world,” all while his band use some background hype-man vocals borrowed from Arcade Fire.

Riff by Karl Ernest

Karl is a Seattle-based musician and writer at SONGLYRICS; a veteran of both east and west-coast scenes, he has performed with the likes of The Ying Yang Twins, David Arquette, Wynton Marsalis, among others. But he's no stranger to seedy dives or house shows, either.

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