End Times (2023 Reissue)

End Times (2023 Reissue)Since 2005s Blinking Lights and Other Revelations, Everett had written songs increasingly obsessed with his own loneliness and aging. Adrian Tomine's cover illustration for End Times depicts a raggedy old man reinforcing these themes before the album even starts. They are so prevalent, expressed so intimately even by the Eels' own standards its almost uncomfortable listening. E's self reflection feels like hes singing into a dirty, distorted mirror to

D11 Blue Order / New Monday

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7 No More Lonely Nights

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4-7 The Straightest Shot 5:47

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B3 Walking In The Shadow 4:24

This is one fine rollicking chase theme underpinned by frenetic (yet funky) Fender Rhodes and skipping bass and drums