Eels - Hombre Lobo

“That rarest thing in contemporary pop: a unique sound.”—The New Yorker
Vagrant Records will release EELS’ seventh studio album Hombre Lobo on June 1st. EELS is the ever-changing project of singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Mark Oliver Everett (aka E). The band’s first record since 2005’s critically acclaimed Blinking Lights and Other Revelations, Hombre Lobo was recorded entirely at E’s studio in Los Angeles with Koool G Murder (bass, keyboards and guitar) and Knuckles (drums and percussion). The album’s first single, “Fresh Blood,” is currently streaming at www.myspace.com/eels and is available for purchase as a package with the b-side “Devil’s Dog” on iTunes from April 28.

“I wanted to write a set of songs about desire,” says E. “That dreadful, intense want that gets you into all sorts of situations that can change your life in big ways.”
Regarding the album, E continues: “I was thinking, ‘What happens when the young Dog Faced Boy (of 2001’s Souljacker album) grows up?’ He tries to function in society. But he can’t get past the fact that he’s still likened to an animal… I figured the best he could do was to become a dignified old werewolf.” The record contains a hint of autobiography, however “I didn’t want to write a bunch of blatantly autobiographical songs about a lonely old indie rocker, so I thought it would be more interesting if it came from this character,” concludes E.

E has embarked on a number of projects since the release of 2005’s Blinking Lights and Other Revelations including his acclaimed autobiography Things the Grandchildren Should Know and the BBC produced multiple-award winning Parallel Worlds, Parallel Lives documentary film about E and his quantum physicist father, Hugh Everett III, which was broadcast on PBS’ Nova series in the U.S., fall of 2008. “All this time during the making of all these other projects, I was always writing and recording music,” says E. “Every time I branch out and try something else, I think it will be some kind of relief to take a break from music. But I always come back with my tail between my legs, because there’s nothing I enjoy more than making music. The other projects have been great experiences for me, but this is what I love to do.”

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