Critically acclaimed rock group EELS have released a second taster off their upcoming 15th studio album EELS TIME! (out on 7th June via E Works/Play It Again Sam) in the form of new single ‘Goldy’. The track was premiered on BBC 6 Music with Huw Stephens.
Imagining his dear dog Bundy as a goldfish, E sings in the chorus, “It’s kind of funny how the only one I need in the world / Is a goldfish swimming in a bowl”. E shares: “Sometimes the answers to all of your problems are right there in the fishbowl on your table”.
‘Goldy’ was written in collaboration with American actor and All American Rejects frontman Tyson Ritter, after E was invited to work with him on a song for the movie Prisoner’s Daughter. When the pair spoke, they learned they were neighbours and had previously shared a record label – DreamWorks – but hadn’t yet crossed paths. The soundtrack collaboration led to E appearing in the film, playing the boss of Kate Beckinsale’s character at a restaurant and being assaulted by her ex-husband (played by Ritter). Says E: “I was so method I cracked a rib!”. Watch the scene here.
E went on to write five more songs with Ritter, which ended up on new album EELS TIME!. Speaking about Ritter, E says: “He’s turned out to be one of my favourite, weird, eccentric and imaginative collaborators. And he was right there down the hall from me at the DreamWorks Records office all those years ago. Who knew?”
Recorded between Los Feliz, California and Dublin, Ireland, the new album EELS TIME! consists of twelve brand new tracks with collaborators such as Koool G Murder, The Chet, Tyson Ritter, Sean Coleman and more. The new album follows a busy 2023 for EELS, where they finally hit the road for their long-awaited Lockdown Hurricane tour of Europe and North America and brought the year to a close by releasing their second best of compilation album EELS So Good: Essential EELS, Vol.2.
EELS Time! Tracklist:
01 TIME
02 WE WON’T SEE HER LIKE AGAIN
03 GOLDY
04 SWEET SMILE
05 HAUNTED HERO
06 IF I’M GONNA GO ANYWHERE
07 AND YOU RUN
08 LAY WITH THE LAMBS
09 SONG FOR YOU KNOW WHO
10 I CAN’T BELIEVE IT’S TRUE
11 ON THE BRIDGE
12 LET’S BE LUCKY
New Studio Album EELS TIME!
Out on 7th June via E Works / Play It Again Sam
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