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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:
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)