"40 Day Dream," the Motown-infused, OutKast-inspired, heavily orchestrated"Beatlesque" soul jam that opens Up from Below, serves as a pretty good litmus test for what follows. Listeners who are put off by the robe-wearing Polyphonic Spree's cultish glazed-eye self-help anthems or cringe when they hear the Mamas & the Papas'"Young Girls Are Coming to the Canyon" would be advised to get off the magic bus early, as Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros have crafted a love letter to Laurel Canyon and all of its quasi-mystic juju that is as infuriatingly contrived and retro as it is forward-thinking and majestic. Formed in 2007 by Ima Robot frontman Alex Ebert, the mammoth 11-piece outfit embraces"the Summer of Love" with enough period beards, fonts, and Eastern mysticism to launch a thousand"Magical Mystery Tours," but despite all of the analog equipment and peacenik grandstanding, standout tracks like"Home,""Desert Song," and the aforementioned"40 Day Dream" sweep you up in their grandeur like a patchouli tornado and dare you to take your clothes off and jump in the lake with them. [Up from Below was also released on LP.]