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Heads Up for EELS fans

There's a new EELS album on the way next February. Below, I've linked to a stream of "Peach Blossom", the first track available from that release. Based on this one track, it looks like (MAYBE, HOPEFULLY?) this is a return to form after 3 straight EELS efforts that I found disappointing:

http://eelstheband.com/main.php

Mart
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They are touring too in February. Apparently a great live show. A friend just grabbed me a ticket.
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I played a couple of Eels albums last night during our regular Tuesday night music session. It's not just the music and lyrics, these early recordings sound quality is wonderful.

We played the 45 single of "Susans House" and two LPs, "Electro Shock Blues" and "Beautiful Freak."

Like you, I hope the new release is a return to their old style.
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Roscoe,

The show should be interesting and I'll be looking to see them here in LA, too.

FYI: I've seen the band play twice and the two shows were kind of night and day. I saw a great EELS show when they first toured (behind "Beautiful Freak", IIRC) and a very good (albeit very quirky), punked-out one for the "Souljacker" tour in which Mark wore a full beard and sunglasses under a hooded sweatshirt . The music was great, but he never even glanced at the audience - definitely odd. Not for the casual fan.

Marty
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