Eels (band)

In 1991, Everett signed a contract with Polydor and released A Man Called E under the name E a year later. The single "Hello Cruel World" was a minor success. Touring to support the album, E opened for Tori Amos.{{Cite book |title=Things the Grandchildren Should Know |last=Everett |first=Mark Oliver |date=2008 |publisher=Thomas Dunne Books |isbn=978-0-312-38513-2 |edition=1st |location=New York |oclc=213451480 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/thingsgrandchild00ever_0}} A Man Called E was followed by Broken Toy Shop in 1993. This year also marked the beginning of E's collaboration with drummer Jonathan "Butch" Norton.{{Cite web |last=Crock |first=Jason |title=Eels: Meet the Eels: Essential Eels Vol. I / Useless Trinkets: B-Sides, Soundtracks, Rarities and Unreleased |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/11648-meet-the-eels-essential-eels-vol-iuseless-trinkets-b-sides-soundtracks-rarities-and-unreleased/ |access-date=2024-11-15 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}} After Broken Toy Shop, E was released from his record deal with Polydor.{{citation needed|date=February 2016}} E has performed two of the songs from Broken Toy Shop ("The Only Thing I Care About" and "Manchester Girl") for his own live shows with Eels.{{citation needed|date=February 2016}}

Eels were officially founded when Butch and E met Tommy Walter. The name "Eels" was chosen so that the band's records would be close to E's solo records in an alphabetical ordering, although it was too late once they realized that numerous Eagles and Earth, Wind and Fire releases were in between.{{cite book |last=Everett |first=Mark Oliver |title=Things the Grandchildren Should Know |page=110 |publisher=Picador |year=2009}} "I went to the Virgin Megastore and I see the E CDs right at the beginning of the E section," Everett recalled on the Naked Lunch podcast with Phil Rosenthal and David Wild. "And then there's like, 28 Earth, Wind and Fire [albums], 40 Eagles [albums] -- they're nowhere near each other!"{{Citation |title=Mark Oliver Everett, AKA E from EELS |date=2023-09-07 |url=https://open.spotify.com/episode/4fbV3WdtiaQkCVP5fnYL72 |access-date=2023-09-07 |language=en}}

Eels became one of the first groups to sign a record deal with DreamWorks Records, followed by Elliott Smith.{{Cite web |last=Hochman |first=Steve |date=2005-02-20 |title=Vagrant is home for the Eels |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-feb-20-ca-popeye20-story.html |access-date=2024-11-15 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}

In 1996, the band released their debut album Beautiful Freak.{{Cite web |date= |title=» Eels Q&A and Playlist: ‘The Cautionary Tales of Mark Oliver Everett’ |url=https://grantland.com/hollywood-prospectus/eels-interview-the-cautionary-tales-of-mark-oliver-everett/ |access-date=2024-11-15 |language=en-US}} The singles "Novocaine for the Soul", "Susan's House" and "Your Lucky Day in Hell" achieved modest national and international success, with the band winning the Best International Breakthrough Act award at the 1998 BRIT Awards.{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/jan/22/on-my-radar-mark-oliver-everetts-cultural-highlights |last=Bromwich |first=Kathryn |title=On my radar: Mark Oliver Everett's cultural highlights |website=The Guardian |date=January 22, 2022 |access-date=January 25, 2022}}{{Cite web |last=Nierenberg |first=Jacob |date=2024-05-18 |title=100 Of The Best 90s Alternative Songs: When The Underground Went Mainstream |url=https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/best-90s-alternative-songs/ |access-date=2024-11-15 |website=uDiscover Music |language=en-US}} The single Susan's House was extremely popular in the UK, in part due to its stylistic resemblance to the then-popular trip hop genre, with its slow tempo, subdued melody, and distorted spoken-word vocals. In 1996 and 1997, Eels toured extensively to support the album, building their name as a live act in the United States and Europe. In September 1997, Walter quit the band.{{Cite news |date=June 8, 2006 |title=EELS At The Vogue |url=https://thevogue.com/artists/eels/ |work=vogue.com}}{{Cite news |date=May 18, 1997 |title=Lore of Hudson River Is Alive in a Fisherman |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/05/18/nyregion/lore-of-hudson-river-is-alive-in-a-fisherman.html |work=The NY Times}}

Released in May 2001, the motion picture soundtrack for the movie Shrek included the song "My Beloved Monster".

Following the success of Beautiful Freak, E experienced a difficult time in his personal life. His sister died by suicide, and his mother was diagnosed with cancer. These events inspired Eels' second album, 1998's Electro-Shock Blues. The album deals with many difficult subjects, including cancer, mental illness, suicide and death.{{cite web |last=Tedder |first=Michael |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2019333/eels-electro-shock-blues/reviews/the-anniversary |title=Electro-Shock Blues Turns 20 |website=Stereogum |date=October 19, 2018 |access-date=January 24, 2022}} The tragedy of Everett's father's death became prominent once more in the context of his mother's impending death and his sister's suicide, and as a result the song "Baby Genius" is written for his father Hugh Everett III.{{Cite web |last=Healy |first=Mark |date=2000-05-25 |title=Q&A: E of the Eels |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/qa-e-of-the-eels-193307/ |access-date=2024-11-16 |website=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}} Contributions to the album were made by Jon Brion, Lisa Germano, Jim Jacobsen, Grant-Lee Phillips, Dust Brother Michael Simpson, and T-Bone Burnett.

The single "Last Stop: This Town" saw minor success, while "Cancer for the Cure", the second single from the album, appeared on the soundtrack for American Beauty (1999).

Still a three-piece band on stage, Tommy Walter was replaced by Adam Siegel. Part of the American leg of the tour was canceled after the death of E's mother.{{Cite web |last=DiGiacomo |first=Frank |date=2024-06-07 |title=EELS Frontman E Discusses His Open-Heart Surgery and the Band’s New Record |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/eels-frontman-e-interview-new-album-heart-surgery-1235703600/ |access-date=2024-11-16 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}} They returned to tour Europe later in the year, to open for Pulp.{{citation needed|date=February 2016}}

In 2000, Eels released Daisies of the Galaxy. The album, which was recorded almost entirely in E's basement, is lighter and more upbeat than its predecessor.{{citation needed|date=February 2016}} Everett noted, "if Electro-Shock Blues was the phone call in the middle of the night that the world doesn't want to answer, then Daisies of the Galaxy is the hotel wake-up call that says your lovely breakfast is ready".{{cite web |url=https://drownedinsound.com/in_depth/4143890-an-album-of-the-year-2000-11yrson--eels-daisies-of-the-galaxy |last=Lucas |first=Dan |title=An Album of the Year 2000 – 11yrson: Eels Daisies of the Galaxy |website=Drowned in Sound |date=October 27, 2011 |access-date=January 25, 2022 |archive-date=January 25, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220125092010/https://drownedinsound.com/in_depth/4143890-an-album-of-the-year-2000-11yrson--eels-daisies-of-the-galaxy |url-status=dead }} He was joined in the studio by Michael Simpson (Dust Brothers), Grant-Lee Phillips (Grant Lee Buffalo), and Peter Buck (R.E.M.).

The first single, "Mr. E's Beautiful Blues", was co-written by Simpson. The song was not intended to be on the album, but the record company insisted on its inclusion. Therefore, it was not featured on the track listing but was instead listed on the cover sticker as a bonus track, separated from the rest of the album by 20 seconds of silence.

To promote Daisies of the Galaxy, another tour took place across the United States and Europe, with the band also playing their first concerts in Australia. For these performances, Eels were transformed into a 6-piece orchestra, including Lisa Germano and Probyn Gregory. E also played some solo shows, opening for Fiona Apple.

In 2001, Souljacker was released, an album with a heavier feel and more rock-oriented sound than Daisies of the Galaxy.{{Cite web |date=2002-03-28 |title=Souljacker will rock your soul |url=https://www.ocolly.com/souljacker-will-rock-your-soul/article_0d440cc3-c1ca-5bba-b270-ecd37228219b.html |access-date=2024-11-15 |website=ocolly.com |language=en}} John Parish, previously of PJ Harvey's band, co-wrote most of the songs and played guitar on the album and first part of the tour. After Parish became a father, he was replaced with Joe Gore for the American leg of the Bus Driving, Band Rocking Tour.{{citation needed|date=February 2016}} Koool G Murder played bass and keyboards and joined Eels on tour.

2003 marked the release of the album Shootenanny!. E now refers to the album as a break from recording the following Blinking Lights album.{{citation needed|date=February 2016}} It was recorded live in the studio in only ten days. "Saturday Morning" was released as a single.

Butch was replaced on drums by Puddin'. In 2003, Eels embarked upon another big tour, called the Tour of Duty. The live band consisted of E, Goldenboy (guitar), Koool G Murder (bass) and Puddin' (drums).{{citation needed|date=February 2016}} Later that year, E composed the score for the film Levity.

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Eels' next album, Blinking Lights and Other Revelations, was released on April 26, 2005, and was the band's first release for new label Vagrant Records. It is a 33-track double album. Contributions were made by Tom Waits, Peter Buck, John Sebastian (The Lovin' Spoonful), Jim Jacobsen, and Butch.

The first tour in support of the Blinking Lights album, billed as Eels with Strings, featured primarily performances by E on acoustic guitar, organ or piano, backed by Allen "Big Al" Hunter on piano and upright bass, Jeffrey Lyster (also known as Chet Atkins III or "The Chet") on guitar, mandolin, pedal steel, musical saw and drums, and a string quartet consisting of violinists Paloma Udovic and Julie Carpenter, violist Heather Lockie and cellist Ana Lenchantin. The tour resulted in a live album, Eels with Strings: Live at Town Hall, recorded in New York City. The performance includes tracks from all of their albums, and was released on CD and DVD on February 21, 2006.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/60337/eels-get-tangled-in-strings-on-live-cddvd|title=Eels Get Tangled In Strings On Live CD/DVD|magazine=Billboard |access-date=December 15, 2005}}

In early 2008, Eels released their first "greatest hits" compilation as well as a compilation of B-sides, rarities, soundtrack singles and unreleased tracks. Meet the Eels: Essential Eels Vol. I spans the first decade of the Eels, including singles from all their albums, as well as a DVD featuring music videos and one live performance video. Useless Trinkets contains 50 B-sides and rarities and a DVD of their Lollapalooza 2006 performances. To promote the releases, the band went on a world tour, An Evening With Eels. This time, only the Chet joined E on stage, both playing a broad cross-section from the Eels repertoire on a variety of instruments.{{citation needed|date=February 2016}} The concerts also featured the Chet reading excerpts from E's 2008 autobiography, Things the Grandchildren Should Know.{{citation needed|date=February 2016}} On this tour, the band released a live CD/DVD package of Eels' 2006 performance at the London Astoria, Live and in Person!, documenting a show from the second tour in support of Blinking Lights and Other Revelations.{{citation needed|date=February 2016}}

The soundtrack of the 2008 comedy film Yes Man features nine songs by Eels, including "Man Up", a brand new song.{{cite news |url = http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/node/147621 |title = Zooey Deschanel, Eels Affirm Yes Man Soundtrack |publisher = Pitchfork Media |date = November 21, 2008 |access-date = December 23, 2008 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081225232353/http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/node/147621 |archive-date = December 25, 2008 }}

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Hombre Lobo, the seventh Eels studio album, was released on June 2, 2009. The album comprises twelve new songs.{{cite news|url=http://www.eelstheband.com/main.php |title="Hombre Lobo" out on June 2nd, 2009 |publisher=Official Eels Site |date=March 3, 2009 |access-date=March 3, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081218024326/http://www.eelstheband.com/main.php |archive-date=December 18, 2008 }} "Hombre Lobo" is Spanish for "wolf man" or "werewolf" and references E's unusually long beard, which he originally grew when writing the song "Dog Faced Boy".{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/268569/eels-ready-beard-inspired-album |title=Eels Ready Beard-Inspired Album |first=Gary|last=Graff |magazine=Billboard |date=May 21, 2009 |access-date=January 25, 2022}} On March 31, 2009, the band made the track "Fresh Blood" available on Spinner,{{cite web |url=http://www.spinner.com/2009/03/31/eels-fresh-blood-song-premiere/ |title='Fresh Blood' on AOL Music |publisher=AOL Music |date=March 31, 2009 |access-date=March 31, 2009 |archive-date=May 24, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110524070402/http://www.spinner.com/2009/03/31/eels-fresh-blood-song-premiere/ |url-status=dead }} explaining that the song would be the lead single for the album. A Jesse Dylan-directed music video was released on April 29, 2009, as well,{{cite web |url=http://stereogum.com/archives/video/new-eels-video-fresh-blood-stereogum-premiere_066932.html |title="Fresh Blood" music video |publisher=Stereogum |date=April 29, 2009 |access-date=April 29, 2009 |archive-date=May 2, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090502150720/http://stereogum.com/archives/video/new-eels-video-fresh-blood-stereogum-premiere_066932.html |url-status=dead }} and the track would become the theme song of the 2015 HBO documentary miniseries The Jinx.{{cite web |last1=Appelo |first1=Tim |title='The Jinx' Theme Composer on Robert Durst: "It's Hard Not to Feel Sorry for Him" |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/jinx-theme-composer-robert-durst-783131/ |website=The Hollywood Reporter |publisher=PMC |access-date=16 September 2023 |date=19 March 2015}} The album was released as a single-disc CD and a deluxe edition with a DVD.{{cite web |url=http://www.play.com/Music/CD/4-/9602997/Hombre-Lobo/Product.html |title=Hombre Lobo Deluxe Edition |publisher=Play.com |date=April 22, 2009 |access-date=April 22, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090527013125/http://www.play.com/Music/CD/4-/9602997/Hombre-Lobo/Product.html |archive-date=May 27, 2009 }} In September 2009, Eels released a music video for "That Look You Give That Guy", featuring Bobby Jr., E and Top Chef host Padma Lakshmi.{{cite news |title=Eels, 'That Look You Give That Guy' – Video Premiere |url=http://www.spinner.com/2009/09/01/eels-that-look-you-give-that-guy-video-premiere/ |work=Spinner.com |date=September 1, 2009 |access-date=September 8, 2009 |archive-date=April 3, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120403001921/http://www.spinner.com/2009/09/01/eels-that-look-you-give-that-guy-video-premiere/ |url-status=dead }}

While promoting this album, Eels released the live EP The Myspace Transmissions Session 2009 on October 14, 2009. That same day, the band's website announced that a new Eels album entitled End Times would be released on January 19, 2010. It was largely recorded on a four-track recorder and is based on the themes of broken love.{{cite web |url=http://rock.about.com/b/2009/11/16/eels-end-times-will-be-a-divorce-album-with-a-modern-twist.htm |title=Eels' 'End Times' Will Be "A Divorce Album With a Modern Twist" |publisher=Rock.about.com |date=November 16, 2009 |access-date=October 23, 2011 |archive-date=July 7, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707075631/http://rock.about.com/b/2009/11/16/eels-end-times-will-be-a-divorce-album-with-a-modern-twist.htm |url-status=dead }} Three album tracks—"Little Bird", "In My Younger Days", and "A Line in the Dirt"—were made available as music videos or promotional downloads prior to the release of the album. Once again, Butch contributed drums to "A Line in the Dirt". On January 19, 2010, End Times was released. E made no comment on touring and there was no tour scheduled to begin.{{cite web | url=http://eelstheband.com/main.php |title=End Times News |publisher=Eels |date=October 14, 2009 |access-date=October 14, 2009 }}

A second album was announced on May 20, 2010: Tomorrow Morning was described as the "final installment of a trilogy that began with Hombre Lobo and End Times." The three albums respectively explore themes of desire, loss, and redemption.{{cite web |url=http://www.ocregister.com/entertainment/eels-260689-soundcheck-http.html |title=Eels Explore New Material at the Galaxy |last=Larsen |first=Peter |publisher=O. C. Register|date=August 4, 2010 |access-date=August 4, 2010}} A world tour, the first since 2007's An Evening With Eels tour, was announced at the same time.{{citation needed|date=February 2016}} This tour once again featured the Chet on various instruments, alongside Koool G Murder on bass, trilogy drummer Knuckles on drums and a new member, P-Boo, on guitar.{{citation needed|date=February 2016}}

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On February 5, 2013, the 10th Eels studio album was released, entitled Wonderful, Glorious.{{cite web |url=http://eelstheband.com/main.php |title=Wonderful, Glorious announced |publisher=Official Eels Site|date=October 22, 2012 |access-date=October 22, 2012}} The first single from the album, "Peach Blossom", premiered on SoundCloud on November 6, 2012.{{cite web |url=https://soundcloud.com/vagrantrecords/eels-peach-blossom |title=Eels – Peach Blossom by Vagrant Records on SoundCloud |publisher=Soundcloud.com/vagrantrecords|date=November 6, 2012 |access-date=December 12, 2012}} A month later, on December 4, 2012, the official video was released on Stereogum.{{cite web |url=http://stereogum.com/1212351/eels-peach-blossom-video-stereogum-premiere/video/ |title=Eels – "Peach Blossom" Video (Stereogum Premiere) -- Song Premiere |website=Stereogum.com |date=December 4, 2012 |access-date=December 12, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240129150648/https://www.stereogum.com/1212351/eels-peach-blossom-video-stereogum-premiere/news/ |archive-date=January 29, 2024 |url-status=live}} The second single, "New Alphabet", was streamed pre-release on December 12, 2012, on Spinner{{cite web |url=http://www.spinner.com/2012/12/12/eels-new-alphabet-song-stream/ |title=Eels, 'New Alphabet' -- Song Premiere |website=Spinner.com |date=December 12, 2012 |access-date=December 12, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121215223741/http://www.spinner.com/2012/12/12/eels-new-alphabet-song-stream |archive-date=December 15, 2012 |url-status=dead}}

On March 25, 2013, the band released a parody music video called "Cold Dead Hand" through Funny or Die, with Jim Carrey replacing E on vocals. The song and video, set as a musical act during the variety program Hee Haw, lampoons American gun culture, and specifically Charlton Heston, former President of the National Rifle Association of America.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/videos/jim-carrey-eels-team-for-gun-culture-parody-20130325 |title=Jim Carrey, Eels Team for Gun Culture Parody – Video |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=March 25, 2013 |access-date=April 17, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130325172914/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/videos/jim-carrey-eels-team-for-gun-culture-parody-20130325 |archive-date=March 25, 2013 |url-status=dead}}

Eels' eleventh studio album, The Cautionary Tales of Mark Oliver Everett, was released on April 21, 2014, on E Works Records.{{Cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/mark-oliver-everett-the-eels-frontman-on-lost-loves-parallel-universes-and-staying-positive-9202630.html|title=Mark Oliver Everett: The Eels frontman on lost loves, parallel|last=Richman|first=Darren|date=March 23, 2014|newspaper=The Independent|language=en-GB|access-date=November 22, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140323140809/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/mark-oliver-everett-the-eels-frontman-on-lost-loves-parallel-universes-and-staying-positive-9202630.html |archive-date=March 23, 2014 |url-status=live}} In April 2015, the band released the DVD and double live album Live at the Royal Albert Hall.{{cite web|title = Album Review: Eels – Royal Albert Hall|url = http://drownedinsound.com/releases/18747/reviews/4148901|access-date = June 23, 2015|date = April 15, 2015|website = drownedinsound.com|first = Joe|last = Goggins|publisher = Drowned In Sound|archive-date = July 11, 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150711184422/http://drownedinsound.com/releases/18747/reviews/4148901|url-status = dead}}

In 2015, Eels created their own version of Melanie De Biasio's track "I Feel You" for the album Gilles Peterson Presents – No Deal Remixed. The track was later used to promote the 2017 film Alien: Covenant, directed by Ridley Scott, and appears during the entire in-universe short movie Meet Walter starring Michael Fassbender.{{cite web|url= http://www.wallonia.be/en/news/melanie-de-biasio-lends-her-voice-alien-covenant |title= Melanie De Biasio lends her voice in Alien – Covenant |publisher= Wallonia|access-date=April 22, 2020}}

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On January 17, 2018, Eels announced their 12th studio album, The Deconstruction, to be released on April 6, 2018,{{Cite web|url=http://www.eelstheband.com/|title=EELS : Official Website|website=Eelstheband.com|access-date=January 17, 2018}} their first in nearly four years. They also announced a supporting tour throughout the United States and Europe, beginning in Pomona, California on May 28, 2018.{{Cite web|url=http://eelstheband.com/tourdates/|title=Eels : 2018 Tour Dates for The World's Number One Entertainers|website=Eelstheband.com|access-date=January 17, 2018}} The album travels through many styles sonically, but its lyrics primarily deal with rebuilding one's life and looking back on what went wrong.{{citation needed|date=January 2022}} Singles include (in release order) the title track, "Today Is the Day", "Premonition", and "Bone Dry". Styles present on the album include orchestral pop, power pop, psychedelic pop/rock, indie/alternative rock and post-modern pop.{{citation needed|date=January 2022}}

The band's next release was the single "Baby Let's Make It Real"/"Who You Say You Are", announced on September 1, 2020.{{Cite web |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2096789/eels-who-you-say-you-are/music/ |title=Eels – "Who You Say You Are" |last=Helman |first=Peter |date=September 1, 2020 |access-date=September 1, 2020 |language=en-US |publisher=Stereogum}} These songs were featured on the subsequent studio album, Earth to Dora (2020).

On September 21, 2021, it was announced that the 14th Eels album would be called Extreme Witchcraft and would be released on January 28, 2022. The album was produced by E and John Parish in their first collaboration since 2001's Souljacker.{{Cite web|url=http://www.eelstheband.com/|title=EELS : Official Website|website=Eelstheband.com}} Eels So Good: Essential Eels, Vol. 2 (2007–2020) came out in late 2023. On February 29, 2024, the band announced Eels Time!, which was released on June 7.{{Cite web |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2253825/eels-time/music/ |first=James |last=Rettig |department=New Music |title=Eels Announce New Album 'Eels Time!': Hear Lead Single "Time" |date=2024-02-29 |accessdate=2024-02-29}}

Eels have had a number of lineup changes supporting E since their formation, and in recent years the live band has often differed from the musicians on the albums. Koool G Murder has been credited on bass and production on recent albums, although Big Al has fulfilled the role of bassist during the live shows.

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{{Main|Eels discography}}

• A Man Called E (1992)
• Broken Toy Shop (1993)

• Beautiful Freak (1996)
• Electro-Shock Blues (1998)
• Daisies of the Galaxy (2000)
• Souljacker (2001)
• Shootenanny! (2003)
• Blinking Lights and Other Revelations (2005)
• Hombre Lobo (2009)
• End Times (2010)
• Tomorrow Morning (2010)
• Wonderful, Glorious (2013)
• The Cautionary Tales of Mark Oliver Everett (2014)
• The Deconstruction (2018)
• Earth to Dora (2020)
• Extreme Witchcraft (2022)
• Eels Time! (2024)

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• [http://soundcloud.com/the_eels Eels on SoundCloud]

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