CO-PRODUCED BY E & JOHN PARISH
NEW “STRAWBERRIES & POPCORN” LYRIC VIDEO DEBUTS TODAY
TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW FOR SPRING 2022
LOCKDOWN HURRICANE TOUR
January 28, 2021 – EELS’ highly anticipated fourteenth studio album Extreme Witchcraft is out now via PIAS and the band’s own E Works Records.
EELS frontperson and songwriter E (a.k.a. Mark Oliver Everett) co-produced Extreme Witchcraft with PJ Harvey producer and guitarist John Parish, marking the first time the two have recorded together since 2001’s Souljacker album
Extreme Witchcraft is already receiving extensive critical praise:
MOJO states “Extreme Witchcraft works magic”, the New York Times praise the album as “succinct, dry-eyed and well aware of life’s ironies”, DIY Magazine declares “honest to god rock and roll”, where Rolling Stone UK saw “a record fuelled by audible joy”, Uncut herald “wit, tunes and third-degree self awareness” and CLASH applaud the “Eels at their most playful… it more than delivers”
Says E: “John Parish is one of the most even-tempered, polite people I’ve ever met. A true gentleman. Actually, he’s probably THE most polite person I’ve ever met. But when he gets into the studio he becomes a mad scientist. If you make music with John Parish, you get stuff no one else does. He has a really unique toolbox and musical outlook. Perhaps his politeness is a coping mechanism to keep Mr. Hyde under control when he’s out of his laboratory.”
EELS are also set for their upcoming Spring, 2022 Lockdown Hurricane tour of Europe and North America, starting March 11 in Belfast; get tickets HERE.
EELS have had one of the most consistently acclaimed careers in music. The ever-changing project of principal singer/songwriter E (Mark Oliver Everett), EELS have released 13 studio albums since their 1996 debut, Beautiful Freak. In 2008, E published his highly acclaimed book Things the Grandchildren Should Know and starred in the award-winning Parallel Worlds, Parallel Lives documentary about the search to understand his quantum physicist father, Hugh Everett III. 2020’s Earth To Dora album, received extensive critical praise, and was described as “their sweetest natured album ever” by The Independent and awarded four stars in MOJO and NME.
Extreme Witchcraft Tracklist
1. Amateur Hour
2. Good Night On Earth
3. Strawberries & Popcorn
4. Steam Engine
5. Grandfather Clock Strikes Twelve
6. Stumbling Bee
7. The Magic
8. Better Living Through Desperation
9. So Anyway
10. What It Isn’t
11. Learning While I Lose
12. I Know You’re Right
Upcoming Tour Dates
Telegraph Building, Belfast, UK — March 11
Olympia Theatre, Dublin, Ireland — March 12
Roundhouse, London, UK — March 14
Albert Hall, Manchester, UK — March 15
Barrowland, Glasgow, UK — March 16
Rock City, Nottingham, UK — March 17
02 Guildhall, Southampton, UK — March 18
Zenith, Munich, Germany — March 21
Palladium, Cologne, Germany — March 22
Edel-Optics Arena, Hamburg, Germany — March 23
Verti Music Hall, Berlin, Germany — March 25
La Cartonnerie — Reims, France – March 27
Salle Pleyel, Paris, France – March 28
Les Docks, Lausanne, Switzerland — March 30
Hall 622, Zurich, Switzerland — March 31
Live Club, Trezzo sull’Adda, Milan, Italy — April 1
Estragon, Bologna, Italy — April 2
Akvarium Klub, Budapest, Hungary — April 4
Gasometer, Vienna, Austria — April 5
Forest National, Brussels, Belgium — April 7
AFAS Live, Amsterdam, Netherlands — April 8
Razzmatazz — Barcelona, Spain — April 10
Auditorio — Vigo, Spain — April 12
La Riviera — Madrid, Spain — April 13
Belly Up, San Diego, CA — May 8
Fonda Theatre, Los Angeles, CA — May 9
The UC Theatre, Berkeley, CA — May 10
The Neptune Theatre, Seattle, WA — May 12
Revolution Hall, Portland, OR — May 13
Metro Music Bar, Salt Lake City, UT — May 15
Boulder Theater, Boulder, CO — May 16
Liberty Hall, Lawrence, KS — May 18
First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN — May 19
Metro, Chicago, IL — May 20
Carnegie of Homestead Music Hall, Munhall (Pittsburgh), PA — May 21
Paradise Rock Club, Boston, MA — May 22
Webster Hall, New York, NY — May 24
The Fillmore, Silver Spring, MD — May 25
Keswick Theatre, Glenside (Philadelphia), PA — May 26
Cat’s Cradle, Carrboro, NC — May 27
Variety Playhouse, Atlanta, GA — May 28
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My life is a soundtrack, i track my life through music, photography is my passion, my escape, my expression. Without both i have pieces missing, thankfully i’m blessed and get to combine both.
Born in Manchester, lived in Australia for 22 years where i was heavily involved in the Australian Music Industry, firstly in bands (Singer) and then managing bands (all original), I moved back to the UK, Wales specifically 10 years ago
