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2010 release, the eighth studio album from the Alt-Rock band led by Mark Oliver Everett (AKA E). End Times is the sound of an artist growing older in uncertain times. An artist who has lost his great love while struggling with his faith in an increasingly hostile world teetering on self-destruction. Largely self-recorded on an old four track tape machine by E in his Los Angeles basement, it's a 'divorce album' with a modern twist: the artist equates his personal loss with the world he lives in losing its integrity. V2.
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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful
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I was a late arrival to the Mark Everett fan club. My bad luck. Once in a while, you find an artist who speaks to you. Who seems to be like you in ways that are uncanny. When it comes to Everett, I can't help but think it's his ability to write from a very genuine place -- to strum the strings of our common humanity in an original way. End Times is no exception. Some of the songs take a little time to get your ears and head around, but the deep pleasures are well worth the effort. At under three minutes long, Little Bird is a profound elegy to lost love, with a striking, repeated line that's beautiful in its simplicity and delivery: "God damn. I miss that girl." I Need a Mother oozes late night, brutal honesty -- told like that last truth that finally emerges, but only after a tortuous relationship has left you a husk. Those are just two of the gems. End Times reminds me of two other things I love: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Beck's Sea Change. They're each different creatures, but they roam the same dark countryside where it's hard to tell whether you're seeing the slender threads of dawn or the final glimmer of dusk.
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
By M. Buisman
Format:Audio CD
"Nobody worries about kids listening to thousands, literally thousands of songs about heartbreak, rejection, pain, misery and loss." (Nick Hornby - High Fidelity).
Mark Everett wasn't the most cheerful guy to begin with. Deaths of parents and siblings leave a mark and his music with the eels has always had a sad undertone. And don't expect anything new on `End Times'. Let's face it, even the title is depressing. The theme of the album is a divorce and the ensuing depression. Recorded mostly at home on a simple four-track the songs are simple and vintage E. Mostly just him strumming some chords on a guitar or playing them on a keyboard.
Starting in heaven he slowly spirals down into the phases that are part of breaking up, including locking yourself up in your house without much outside interaction ( the beautiful Mansion of Loz Feliz). They are emotions that we have all gone through, at one point he explains seeing a million trees at the side of the road and feeling just like one of them, but still feeling lonely. At least he has his Little Bird to talk to and we have the eels we can listen to, to let us know that even though we feel awful at times, there are millions more that feel the same. (from [...])
Mark Everett wasn't the most cheerful guy to begin with. Deaths of parents and siblings leave a mark and his music with the eels has always had a sad undertone. And don't expect anything new on `End Times'. Let's face it, even the title is depressing. The theme of the album is a divorce and the ensuing depression. Recorded mostly at home on a simple four-track the songs are simple and vintage E. Mostly just him strumming some chords on a guitar or playing them on a keyboard.
Starting in heaven he slowly spirals down into the phases that are part of breaking up, including locking yourself up in your house without much outside interaction ( the beautiful Mansion of Loz Feliz). They are emotions that we have all gone through, at one point he explains seeing a million trees at the side of the road and feeling just like one of them, but still feeling lonely. At least he has his Little Bird to talk to and we have the eels we can listen to, to let us know that even though we feel awful at times, there are millions more that feel the same. (from [...])
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
By Musicman
Format:Audio CD
Sometimes EELS are up, sometimes they are down. Life has ups and downs. We have all felt like this at some point. An artist's duty is to reflect life. There's a reason this album is getting incredible reviews. It's great! My favorite EELS album since Electro Shock Blues.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
Awesome
Great music as always! E has some talent and it sounds like the self pitty is lifting more on each new album that comes out.
Published 9 months ago by Gully
3.0 out of 5 stars
Don't You Know, It's The End of His World
Mark Oliver Everett is a man who writes through his pain. Be it the early Eels' masterpiece "Electro-Shock Blues" or this "End Times," he delivers agonizing self-reflections like... Read more
Published 21 months ago by Tim Brough
5.0 out of 5 stars
Good Stuff
Heard a song from this album and was hooked I had to have it. Very diverse types of music - way off of mainstream and this band really does a great job by expressing their thought... Read more
Published on February 25, 2011 by Engineer
3.0 out of 5 stars
okay...
Eels were 90s alt-rock's greatest one-hit wonder (you never heard "Novocaine for the Soul"?) And they released an album last year, which was a good indie album. Read more
Published on March 25, 2010 by Mark Wiatrowski
4.0 out of 5 stars
Mr. E's Beautiful Blues
You would have thought that E had purged all of his demons with 2005's "Blinking Lights and Other Revelations", a masterful double disc that was drenched in emotional honesty. Read more
Published on February 2, 2010 by B. Martin
4.0 out of 5 stars
Beautifully Melodic
The Eels tap into a vein of emotion and let you feel what they feel. This album is deeply personal and something most of us (but not all) can relate to. Read more
Published on February 2, 2010 by C. Barberis
3.0 out of 5 stars
14 tracks, but really only 5 songs...
C'mon EELS. You can do better.
There may be 14 tracks on "End Times" but about every other song sounds exactly the same. Read more
There may be 14 tracks on "End Times" but about every other song sounds exactly the same. Read more
Published on February 1, 2010 by Chent Alay
4.0 out of 5 stars
Depression: Eels style
The bad news is, on their past few albums, Eels has more or less repeated themselves, recording albums that are very similar to the songs they've been playing since Beautiful... Read more
Published on January 25, 2010 by Brandon J. Smith
4.0 out of 5 stars
E is one of this generations greatest songwriters!
Eels have decided to more than make up for their 4 year hiatus after "Blinking Lights" by gracing us with not just one, but two albums in 7 months. Read more
Published on January 25, 2010 by Daniel Martin
4.0 out of 5 stars
end times are here
Mark "E" Everett has been quite prolific lately. The eighth Eels album, "End Times," came out just seven months after their previous release. Read more
Published on January 24, 2010 by Andrew Kruczek
