It’s now over a decade since Mark Oliver Everett brought his group Eels into our consciousness with ‘Novacaine For The Soul’. It’s a testament to his skill as a songwriter that those early songs continue to stand up as shining lights emerging from his darkness. In fact, in a weird twist of fate, many have become known the world over due to their use in films like Shrek and Yes Man. Yet even when their heard through that medium, in a completely different context to the one he originally intended, you can still hear his sheer humanity bursting through.
Mark Everett’s records have always tended to hit like a torrent of pent-up emotions; the death of his parents; his sisters suicide; his cousins death on 9/11; the end of his marriage, his own bouts of depression. And yet, between the misery and the heartbreak, he has always been able to find some sort of balance within his often twisted existence. For all of his bleak discourses over the years, he has also reflected our own emotional vulnerability; love in bloom and decay, hopes and fears. Mark Everett may have had more than his fair share of shit in his life but he has found a wonderful way to express it to both his and our benefit.
1. Rags To Rags / Single A Side August 1996
2. Novocaine For The Soul / Beautiful Freak LP August 1996
3. Beautiful Freak / Beautiful Freak LP August 1996
4. Flower / Beautiful Freak LP August 1996
5. Your Lucky Day In Hell / Beautiful Freak LP August 1996
6. Fucker / Single B Side February 1997
7. My Descent Into Madness / Electro-Shock Blues LP September 1998
8. Last Stop This Town / Electro-Shock Blues LP September 1998
9. Grace Kelly Blues / Daisies Of The Galaxy LP February 2000
10. I Like Birds / Daisies Of The Galaxy LP February 2000
11. Flyswatter / Daisies Of The Galaxy LP February 2000
12. Mr. E’s Beautiful Blues / Daisies Of The Galaxy LP February 2000
13. Feeling Good / Oh What A Beautiful Morning LP December 2000
14. Souljacker Part 1 / Souljacker LP September 2001
15. World Of Shit / Souljacker LP September 2001
16. Saturday Morning / Shootenanny! LP June 2003
17. Love Of The Loveless / Shootenanny! LP June 2003
18. Somebody Loves You / Shootenanny! LP June 2003
19. Railroad Man / Blinking Lights And Other Revelations LP April 2005
20. Hey Man (Now You’re Really Living) / Blinking Lights And Other Revelations LP April 2005
21. Things The Grandchildren Should Know / Blinking Lights And Other Revelations LP April 2005
22. That Look You Give That Guy / Hombre Lobo LP June 2009
23. What’s A Fella Gotta Do / Hombre Lobo LP June 2009
