22 October 2026
Credit: Eels
Band: EELS
Who: The beautiful Los Angeles freak and
singer-songwriter Mark Oliver Everett‘s combo.
Album: COOKIE HAPPENED
His 16th.
The title was, as he claims, inspired by
Sesame Street’s Cookie Monster.
Everett: “All of this will be forgotten. Every joy, accomplishment and hardship
will one day become so irrelevant it will be as if none of it occurred. But as the
great philosopher of our times, Cookie Monster once said: “Me no cry because
cookie is finished. Me smile because cookie happened.” This will all be forgotten.
But isn’t it still a beautiful thing that it happened?”
UNCUT (British magazine): “An album as light
and easy as its sentiments are droll and knotted.”
TUTV: Everett had to go through several family tragedies throughout his life, and
it seems as if he hasn’t processed them entirely yet. His records often refered/refer
to his confused state of mind, though his cynical approach to life, survival, and
the human condition seems to comfort him.
This new opus is most notable (again) for its laid-back and feel-good musings,
at least sonically. It evokes a romantic moodiness breathing through his crooner
vocals, but you’re never quite sure with Mr. E’s whimsical mind-wandering. Moony
music for cosy fall/winter ponderings about then and now.
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