VIDEO: EELS Perform 'What I Have to Offer' in Movie THIS IS FORTY; New Album Out 2/5
Back to the Articleby Movies News Desk EELS leader Mark Oliver Everett sings "What I Have To Offer" and delivers some bad news to Paul Rudd in a deleted scene shot during the filming of Judd Apatow's new movie This is Forty. You can see the clip below! The ever-changing project of singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Mark Oliver Everett (aka K), 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.'" In the four years prior to his album trilogy, Everett embarked on a number of projects including his acclaimed autobiography Things the Grandchildren Should Know and the BBC-produced multiple-award winning Parallel Worlds, Parallel Lives documentary film about E and his quantum physicist father, Hugh Everett III, which was broadcast on PBS' Nova series in the U.S., fall of 2008. "All this time during the making of all these other projects, I was always writing and recording music," says Everett. "Every time I branch out and try something else, I think it will be some kind of relief to take a break from music. But I always come back with my tail between my legs, because there's nothing I enjoy more than making music. The other projects have been great experiences for me, but this is what I love to do." EELS WORLD TOUR February 15 Los Angeles, CA The Fonda Theatre February 16 San Francisco, CA The Fillmore February 18 Portland, OR Aladdin Theater February 19 Seattle, WA Showbox Theater February 22 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue February 23 Chicago, IL Vic Theatre February 24 Columbus, OH Newport Music Hall February 25 Toronto, ON Phoenix Concert Theatre February 26 Montreal, QC Theatre Corona February 27 Boston, MA Paradise March 1 New York, NY Webster Hall March 2 Philadelphia, PA World Café Live March 3 Washington, DC 9:30 Club March 4 Carrboro, NC Cat's Cradle March 5 Atlanta, GA Variety Playhouse March 7 Dallas, TX Granada Theater March 8 Houston, TX Warehouse Live Ballroom March 14 Belfast, Ireland Limelight March 15 Dublin, Ireland Olympia March 17 Manchester, United Kingdom Academy March 18 Glasgow, United Kingdom O2 Academy March 19 Leeds, United Kingdom O2 Academy March 21 London, United Kingdom O2 Academy Brixton March 23 Bournemouth, United Kingdom O2 Academy March 25 Brighton, United Kingdom Dome March 26 Norwich, United Kingdom UEA March 27 Nottingham, United Kingdom Rock City March 29 Bristol, United Kingdom O2 Academy March 30 Birmingham, United Kingdom O2 Academy April 1 Amsterdam, Holland Paradiso April 2 Amsterdam, Holland Paradiso April 3 Amsterdam, Holland Paradiso April 4 Heerland, Holland Limburgzaal April 6 Copenhagen, Denmark Grey Hall April 7 Hamburg, Germany Grosse Freiheit April 8 Berlin, Germany Astra April 10 Belgium, Brussels Cirque Royal April 11 Belgium, Brussels Cirque Royal April 12 Caen, France Le Cargo April 14 Salzburg, Austria Republic April 15 Fribourg, Switzerland Frison April 16 Zurich, Switzerland Volkshaus April 18 Milan, Italy Alcatraz April 19 Graz, Austria Orpheum April 20 Linz, Austria Posthof April 21 Vienna, Austria Gasometer April 22 Munich, Germany Muffathalle April 24 Paris, France Trianon April 25 Paris, France Trianon |
