Gruff

Review Score: (10/10)
Much as i enjoy shooting down CD's, i have to grant E a pardon from the normal treatment i so joyously dish out. This is very good indeed.

Eels took some time to grow on me. First impressions were of a sanitised Beck; the comparison is really a little too lazy (hey, they look like slackers, they mumble a bit when they sing, there's only one of them! they must be similar!) with Beck going all Princ-ed up funky (last time i checked) and E is going to an altogether happier place.

'Beautiful Blues' is a corker and a great single. 'Its a MF' is a great song (with a bad chorus) and 'Packin Blankets is a perfect accompanyment to driving out on i90 into the mountains for the weekend.

Most pleasurable

Cheers

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