EELS have premiered the brand new video for 'New Alphabet' from their upcoming album, Wonderful, Glorious released on February 4th.
The video is not only a spectacular sequel to the recently released 'Peach Blossom' video, picking up where that video left off, but it also serves to give EELS leader Mark Oliver Everett a chance to make a statement about a growing concern.
E on the 'New Alphabet' video: "Adult male abuse is a widespread but little acknowledged problem in today's society. Many grown men are victims of children's senseless bullying. I have made the brave choice to speak up as a victim of these pint-sized terrorists. I am so tired of children picking on me. It is my hope that this video will serve as the first step in opening a dialogue between victims and community leaders that will one day lead to the end of this awful abuse."
EELS’ new album Wonderful, Glorious is out February 4th on E Works/Vagrant Records. Ahead of its release, EELS are this week streaming the album in full on SoundCloud below.
The ever-changing project of singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Mark Oliver Everett (aka E), EELS recorded Wonderful, Glorious at Everett’s new Los Feliz, CA studio. Dubbed “The Compound,” the new space invigorated Everett’s writing process.
“It was exciting,” he says, “it filled me with hope for limitless possibilities. And I realized I’d had a similar feeling when I first put the band together for the last two tours.” The band, which features guitarists The Chet and P-Boo, bass player Koool G Murder and drummer Knuckles, all had a hand in the writing of Wonderful, Glorious. “The only rule I had was ‘let’s try it,’” says Everett. “If anyone in the room had an idea, I’d say ‘let’s try it.’”
'Wonderful, Glorious' - track-listing: 1. Bombs Away 2. Kinda Fuzzy 3. Accident Prone 4. Peach Blossom 5. On The Ropes 6. The Turnaround 7. New Alphabet 8. Stick Together 9. True Original 10. Open My Present 11. You're My Friend 12. I Am Building A Shrine 13. Wonderful, Glorious
UK tour dates:
MARCH 2013 15 - Olympia - Dublin 17 - Academy - Manchester 18 - O2 Academy - Glasgow 19 - O2 Academy - Leeds 21 - O2 Academy Brixton - London 23 - O2 Academy - Bournemouth 25 - Dome - Brighton 26 - UEA - Norwich 27 - Rock City - Nottingham 29 - O2 Academy - Bristol 30 - O2 Academy - Birmingham
