Eels

Daisies of the Galaxy

Where to go from here?

Review Score:

(10/10)
Well where do the Eels go?I'm sure that's what Eels frontman(and band itself)E found himself saying.How do you follow an album such as "Electro Shock Blues"when the album starts with a song of his parted friend lying on the bathroom floor dying...What did E do?Sure he could have moved into the Tate-LaBianca house(ala Trent Rezner), but instead it sounds as if he decided to just move on... So now we have the album "Daiseys of the Galaxy", and from the sound of it,it's pretty good;as a matter of fact,it's very pretty,but no too pretty.In this,his (their) third effort(fifth,counting the first two solo efforts),E finds himself exclaiming: "goddamn right it's a beautiful day!", and that in itself may best explain this album .It's as if E's letting us know he's okay(as exclaimed on track 1),but that he hasn't lost his edge.One other thing that's enjoyable about this album,like the two prior albums,is the orchestration,be it though an actual symphony, or through the moogs,organs,and various intrumentation which is quite pleasant.Not many bands this side of the atlantic seem to want to use anything other than guitars or samples,which is probably why their success overseas is greater than here in the states...but that's another discussion. All in all though,it's a fine effort and worth picking up,it's a shame that America seems to be drifting away from good music that's original and different ,such as this Eels album,instead veering

toward boybands and "gagsta"rap.Otherwise this album might have sold more than the fifty or sixty thousand coppies it'll probably sell.Oh well,hopefully the european tour will be nice...

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