Quick Hits: EELS

5 Feb

So there’s a “CRIPPLING” snowstorm upon us here in Baltimore. Some are dubbing it the Snowpocalypse. It looks like this is it. It’s been real…

Seriously though, lots of snow on the way and with this impending doom it feels only right that I make a few comments on the new EELS LP End Times. Yup you guessed it – it’s a downer of an album about the last days. That being said, I really dig it. Since last years release of Loco Hombre and this new LP, I’m starting to believe EELS leader Mark Oliver Everett is a modern day Tom Waits with a freakish Nick Drake sensibility. While End Times isn’t a “play anytime” album for me, I’ve enjoyed it quite a lot over the last few days of listening. And this track simply makes the album for me:

mp3: EELS – Mansions Of Los Feliz

Get a free download of “Little Bird” here as well.

And I feel the need perhaps one of my new favorite tracks that I somehow missed when compiling those end of the year lists:

mp3: EELS – My Timing Is Off from Loco Hombre

End Times and Loco Hombre are out via Vagrant.