A Man Called E Returns, Sort of
posted 10 hours ago #
I'm a big fan of the Poprock Record blog. Author Dennis Pilon regularly posts about new music, old favorites and the occasional special essay. The latest post is in the latter category, a musing called A Man Called E returns. In it, he pontificates the work of Mark Oliver Everett, aka E, aka the guy behind the band Eels.
For a good chunk of time, I was a diehard Eels fan. I loved the pre-Eels work - aka A Man Called E and Broken Toy Shop - but really loved the early Dreamworks records. I stand by the opinion that Electro-Shock Blues is one of the most crushing and, yet, optimstic records around.
Anyway, all this is to say that Poprock Record put together a great list of songs from Eels that sound like the early works as E. But there was no actual playlist! I'm here to solve that. Enjoy A Man Called E Returns.
For a good chunk of time, I was a diehard Eels fan. I loved the pre-Eels work - aka A Man Called E and Broken Toy Shop - but really loved the early Dreamworks records. I stand by the opinion that Electro-Shock Blues is one of the most crushing and, yet, optimstic records around.
Anyway, all this is to say that Poprock Record put together a great list of songs from Eels that sound like the early works as E. But there was no actual playlist! I'm here to solve that. Enjoy A Man Called E Returns.