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I must admit, I’m not familiar the Eels, but when I heard them on the radio, I quickly became a fan. Grimy, blues-inspired, howling vocals, sweet lulls describe the tremendous range. Their newest release, the seventh studio album from the ever-changing project led by singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Mark Oliver Everett (aka E). Hombre Lobo was recorded entirely at E’s studio in Los Angeles with Koool G Murder (bass, keyboards and guitar) and Knuckles (drums and percussion). Features the first single ‘Fresh Blood’.

Definitely worth a listen. Here’s what Jody Rosen, of Rolling Stone had to say:

For a decade plus, Mark Oliver Everett, the auteur behind this raggedy power trio, has been singing bay-at-the-moon stompers and ballads in a voice twisted by heartsickness into something not quite human. Everett’s songwriting hasn’t always kept pace with his musical and literary ambitions. But these tales of frustrated desire are vividly sketched, with the Eels delivering muddy roadhouse rockers. The ballads really shine. In “Ordinary Man,” Everett resigns himself to the life of an hombre solo: “I’d rather be alone than try to be someone that I’m not.”

Buy Hombre Lobo: 12 Songs of Desire from Amazon