Thumbs up from me for the latest cd from E and the chet et al. A raising of the game after the recent trilogy of releases, which for me could have been thinned out to a double cd.
This is a return to form and has stood up to repeated plays on the kitchen stereo. The current battle of the stereo being between me putting this on and little c wanting the amelie soundtrack.
It's still got that distorty vocal garage rock vibe but it sounds more complete, and more rehearsed. The production seems better too. Looking forward to seeing them run through the tunes live next month (sorry Al). It will be my 5th Eels show, current score being...
great gig utd 3 - 1 dissappointing shambles fc
I was listening to an interview with E on the radio a few years ago. Colin Murray was saying to E that he was glad to be interviewing him as he had had some bad experiences of mispronouncing his guest's names. He figured that with a name like E he would be the one interviewee he couldn't get wrong.
With great comic timing E paused and said
"....it's pronounced 'eh', actually"
And....I nearly forgot. There is a stroke of genius on the bonus cd that comes with the deluxe ed. The first track is spoken word and is this lady addressing the listener saying things like "well, that was the new cd by eels, what did you think?" And complimenting you on being the smug owner of the deluxe ed rather than a downloader from itunes. It was a great touch, and better because it was so unexpected. Good work, Eh.
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