Eels

Eels' ever increasing artistic ambition resulted in this 33-song double CD set. Forget about length, it really is about quality -- and the songs on Blinking Lights are fantastic; the writing hold things together while the arrangements are endlessly creative, making for new experiences with each listen. BTW -- that's really Eels' mom on the CD cover.

For a double-disc set offering nearly ninety-four minutes of bittersweet, atmospheric rock,
Eels' Blinking Lights and Other Revelations is exceptionally concise: Twenty of its
thirty-three tracks linger less than three minutes. Killer melodies are briefly embraced,
then abandoned for the next miniature marvel. A sequel to 1998's somber Electro-Shock
Blues, Blinking Lights is a concept album about God like the Magnetic Fields' 69 L... More >