PersonA

{{other uses|Persona (disambiguation)}}

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{{Infobox album

| name = PersonA

| type = Studio

| artist = Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros

| cover = PersonA album art.jpg

| alt =

| released = April 15, 2016

| recorded =

| studio =

| genre = Rock

| length = 45:10

| label = Community Music

| producer = Alex Ebert, Nicolo Aglietti

| prev_title = Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros

| prev_year = 2013

| next_title =

| next_year =

| misc = {{Singles

| name = PersonA

| type = studio

| single1 = Hot Coals

| single1date = 13 November 2015

| single2 = No Love Like Yours

| single2date = 29 January 2016

| single3 = Wake Up The Sun

| single3date = 24 June 2016

| single4 = Perfect Time

| single4date = 9 September 2016

}}

}}

PersonA (pronounced "Persona"[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-E42CSli68 Artist interview at 8 minutes]) is the fourth and final studio album by the band Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros. It was released on April 15, 2016."[https://music.apple.com/us/album/persona/1077068468?app=itunes PersonA: Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros]". iTunes.

In an in-depth interview with Transverso Media, lead singer Alex Ebert explained his desire to evolve on PersonA, stating, "In a lot of ways this album does things that are missing." He went on to discuss why the name Edward Sharpe is crossed out on the cover, saying, "There was no character to begin with, so why not kill him? He never really was there. If anything, and at most, Edward Sharpe was a vehicle for me to get to slough off whatever I had become up until that point, and to get back to or sort of allow my pure self to come forth into sort of a clean slate.""[http://www.transversomedia.com/articles/edward-sharpe-and-the-magnetic-zeros-alex-ebert-new-interview-persona Edward Sharpe Is Dead: Alex Ebert on The Magnetic Zeros' Pursuit of Failure, Identity, and Unrealism]". Transverse. April 12, 2016.