March 19, 2014

eels’ “Millicent Don’t Blame Yourself” Debuts

VIDEO: EELS PERFORM LIVE VERSION OF
“MILLICENT DON’T BLAME YOURSELF” FROM DELUXE EDITION OF UPCOMING ALBUM

THE CAUTIONARY TALES OF MARK OLIVER EVERETT
OUT APRIL 22

TOUR KICKS OFF MAY 14

 “One of the most prolific, adventurous and moving songwriters of the past decade”
—Q Magazine

“That rarest thing in contemporary pop: a unique sound”—The New Yorker

“A consistently astounding career”—Uncut

EELS perform a live version of “Millicent Don’t Blame Yourself” on Nigel Godrich’s “From the Basement” show, see it athttp://youtu.be/_2CEIBckUw4. The studio version of the song is from the bonus disc for the band’s new album The Cautionary Tales of Mark Oliver Everett out April 22 and available for pre-order at http://eelstheband.com/stores.php. To celebrate the release the band will set off on a North American and European tour, kicking off in Phoenix on May 14 with stops in New York, Los Angeles, London and Paris; Chelsea Wolfe will open on most U.S. dates. Please see below for complete tour.

The introspective new 13-track release from the ever-changing project of singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Mark Oliver Everett (aka E) is described as “an extraordinarily vivid and intimate document of a personal struggle.” Stereogum recently premiered the new album track “Agatha Chang” at http://bit.ly/MbAwN6 and Paste premiered “Mistakes of My Youth” at http://bit.ly/1e6s0qe, track listing follows. The album will be released in a deluxe 26 track 2 CD edition and a double 12 inch clear vinyl edition (with 13 bonus tracks on vinyl as well); both editions include a free download.

The Cautionary Tales of Mark Oliver Everettmarks the 11th full-length release for EELS, whose debut Beautiful Freak was released in 1996. In addition to the recordings, Everett has embarked on a number of non-musical projects as well including his acclaimed book Things the Grandchildren Should Know and the multiple-award winning Parallel Worlds, Parallel Lives documentary film about Everett and his quantum physicist father, Hugh Everett III, broadcast on PBS’ Nova series.

Watch the album trailer for The Cautionary Tales of Mark Oliver Everett here:

http://youtu.be/yrw7l1ZO2m0

EELS TOUR DATES

*Chelsea Wolfe opening

May 14                                                        Phoenix, AZ                                       Crescent Ballroom

May 16                                                         Austin, TX                                     Paramount Theater*

May 17                                                        Houston, TX                                         House of Blues*

May 19                                                         Dallas, TX                                            Strauss Square*

May 21                                                        Denver, CO                                           Gothic Theater*

May 23                                                      St. Louis, MO                              Sheldon Concert Hall*

May 24                                                         Chicago, IL                                         The Vic Theater*

May 25                                                       St. Paul, MN                                     Fitzgerald Theater*

May 27                                                        Toronto, ON                             Winter Garden Theatre*

May 28                                                       Montreal, QC          The Virgin Mobile Corona Theater*

May 29                                                        Boston, MA                      Berklee Performance Center*

May 30                                                     Philadelphia, PA                                    Keswick Theatre*

May 31                                                    Washington, DC                               The Lincoln Theater*

June 1                                                        New York, NY                                  The Apollo Theater*

June 3                                                           Detroit, MI                          Royal Oak Music Theater*

June 4                                                         Madison, WI                                   Barrymore Theater*

June 7                                                          Seattle, WA                                    The Moore Theater*

June 8                                                         Portland, OR                                        Aladdin Theater*

June 10                                                   San Francisco, CA                  Palace of Fine Arts Theatre*

June 11                                                    Los Angeles, CA                            The Orpheum Theater*

June 15                                                        Oxford, UK                                                New Theatre

June 16                                                     Manchester, UK                                      Bridgewater Hall

June 17                                                       Glasgow, UK                                                    Academy

June 18                                                     Cambridge, UK                                         Corn Exchange

June 19                                                        Bexhill, UK                                   De La Warr Pavillion

June 21                                                        Linz, Austria                                                        Posthof

June 22                                                      Vienna, Austria                                              Konzerthaus

June 24                                                     Berlin, Germany                                            Tempodrome

June 25                                                  Amsterdam, Holland            Het Koninklijk Concertgebouw

June 26                                                  Amsterdam, Holland            Het Koninklijk Concertgebouw

June 27                                                  Rottendam, Holland                    Concertgebouw De Doelen

June 28                                                  Eindhoven, Holland                              Naked Song Festival

June 30                                                        London, UK                                        Royal Albert Hall

July 1                                                         Dublin, Ireland                                                    Olympia

July 2                                                         Dublin, Ireland                                                    Olympia

July 4                                                      Werchter, Belgium                                   Werchter Festival

July 5                                                     Groningen, Holland                                  Stadsschouwburg

July 7                                                     Zurick, Switzerland                                      Kongress Haus

July 8                                                          Luxembourg                                             Grand Theatre

July 10                                                        Paris, France                                        Days Off Festival

July 11                                                     Toulouse, France                                                       Bikini

July 12                                                     Barcelona, Spain                                              Teatre Grec

July 14                                                       Madrid, Spain                                                 Circo Price

July 17                                                       Florence, Italy                         Teartro Romano di Fiesole

July 18                                                         Milan, Italy                                   Auditorium di Milano

EELS

The Cautionary Tales of Mark Oliver Everett

1. Where I’m At

2. Parallels

3. Lockdown Hurricane

4. Agatha Chang

5. A Swallow in the Sun

6. Where I’m From

7. Series of Misunderstandings

8. Kindred Spirit

9. Gentleman’s Choice

10. Dead Reckoning

11. Answers

12. Mistakes of My Youth

13. Where I’m Going

Deluxe Edition 13 Track Bonus Disc

1. To Dig It

2. Lonely Lockdown Hurricane

3. Bow Out

4. A Good Deal

5. Good Morning Bright Eyes

6. Millicent Don’t Blame Yourself

7. Thanks I Guess

8. On The Ropes (LIVE WNYC)

9. Accident Prone (LIVE WNYC)

10. I’m Your Brave Little Soldier (LIVE WNYC)

11. Fresh Feeling (LIVE KCRW)

12. Trouble With Dreams (LIVE KCRW)

13. Oh Well (LIVE KCRW)

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