This is the 11th studio album from Eels in an 18-year career. The introspective new 13 track album from the ever-changing project of singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Mark Oliver Everett (aka E), it includes a second disc of previously unreleased and live songs.
‘The Cautionary Tales of Mark Oliver Everett’ couples a bare-bones lyrical intimacy with a live orchestra of cello, viola, violins, bassoon, English and French horn, clarinet, flute, saxophone, trumpet, musical saw, glockenspiel and celesta that lends a stunning backdrop to the brutal insights of the lyrics. Self produced by E and performed by E, The Chet, Koool G Murder, P-Boo and Knuckles with Professor Snatch and The Cautionary Tales Orchestra.
Eels have had one of the most consistently acclaimed careers in music. The ever-changing project of principal singer/songwriter Mark Oliver Everett, aka E, Eels have released ten studio albums since their 1996 debut, ‘Beautiful Freak’. Mojo Magazine calls Everett “a member of rock's very own League of Extraordinary Gentlemen,” while legendary troubadour Tom Waits says he “eagerly awaits each new release.” The first single ‘Mistakes Of My Youth’ is at radio now.