Cloudspeakers

Long overdue introspectionproves unsatisfying Mark Everett has had a lifetime’s worth of heartbreak in his 46 years on earth, but family tragedy has never burdened Eels records; there was always... Read more

EELS, eels. To have a specific typeface of how you want your name as an artist presented has a certain personality about it, as if the artist is saying, “This is exactly who I am, get it right.â€... Read more

Eels frontman Mark Everett, better known as E, has to be the most unhappy man in the world. His father was an alcoholic, his sister – long troubled by mental illness – committed suicide in 1996. Tw... Read more

Mark Everett is back at it. His Eels have been quite busy in the last few years, recording a record in each of the last three years if you include the soundtrack to Yes Man, which was comprised mo... Read more

"I'll lock the world away/Haunted by my better days," Mark Oliver Everett, aka E, wheezes dejectedly on "Nowadays," exhibiting the dignified sense of resignation that colors End Times, the second E... Read more

Stellen dat Mark E. Everett een getormenteerde ziel is, moet zowat het understatement van het jaar zijn. Op zijn nieuwste plaat, End Times, klinken zijn sores echter navranter dan ooit tevoren. Voo... Read more

The album is actually a little of everything.End Times features some of E's most engaging and reflective tunes in quite some time. The painful "In My Younger Days", emotionally wrenching "A Line I... Read more

"Elevé à la rude école du malheur, il y remportait tous les prix”, écrivait Alphonse Allais, qui sans le savoir chroniquait déjà l’oeuvre du Californien Eels. On pensait l’explorat... Read more

Ein Wolkenbruch. Der Himmel verfinstert sich schlagartig. Plötzlich bricht das Gewitter aus allen Wolken erbarmungslos hervor. Regenfäden ergießen sich in schier endlosen Schleifen aus der Höhe. In... Read more

There’s no way other way to dress this up: “End Times” is one depressing album. Yes, Mark Oliver Everett (E) is known for his bitter sweet take on reality and the well documented turbulence that h... Read more