The surest way to disrupt a comfort zone is to bombard it with outside stimuli and, clearly over the last year or so, that has been precisely the plan for Mark Oliver Everett and the Eels. Following a four-year absence from recording after the release of Blinking Lights And Other Revelations, Everett broke the silence and released Hombre Lobo on June 2, 2009. Fans were in fits of ecstasy at the return and Hombre Lobo was received very well by critics (with the exception of Pitchfork Media, who issued a rating of 4.6 to the album), but everyone's jaw dropped when it was announced that End Times – the Eels' second album in twelve months – would be released in January 2010; less than twelve months after Hombre Lobo.
The reception of End Times was even more positive than it was for Hombre Lobo. Some critics even said that End Times was the best album released so far in 2010 – but they may have to try and come up with even higher praise when the Eels' third album in eighteen months, Tomorrow Morning, comes out on August 24, 2010. In a release sent out by the band's official web site:
Stay tuned to Ground Control for more information on the release of Tomorrow Morning as it arrises!
Artist:
www.eelstheband.com/
www.myspace.com/eels
Tour:
Eels' upcoming world tour dates.
