Earth to Dora
Mark ‘E’ Everett's 13th album under his melancholic indie moniker is a life-worn collection that charts the rise and fall of a relationship
For a songwriter who’s so loved for finding poetry in the quotidian, for saying so much with so little, it’s just a bit basic.
Bring Me the Horizon get heavy on their apocalyptic new record, Elvis Costello wheels out his cast of typically eccentric characters for ‘Hey Clockface’, and Eels sticking to the same old formula makes for a surprisingly comforting listen
Mark Oliver Everett, the man who is the benevolent despot behind the Eels, is not adverse to change, and after the cool electronic surfaces and nervous lyrical viewpoint of 2018's The Deconstruction, he decided to take things in a different direction for his 13th album, 2020's Earth to Dora.
Anyone who’s bought an Eels record or read his autobiography can attest to the fact that E has a knack for writing about emotional turmoil - and sings about them like he’s singing about cleaning the kitchen sink.
Over the 20+ years of their existence, EELS (led by Mark Oliver Everett, aka E) have been one of the most reliable and unclassifiable indie acts around.
What do you do when you are launching a new album? In the case of E from Eels you post an imaginary conversation between himself and his musical hero John
Earth To Dora by Eels album review by Hayden Godfrey. The full-length is now available via PIAS/E Works and streaming services