Eels' most recent release, End Times, is a solid album, hot on the heels of summer 2009's Hombre Lobo. Mark Oliver Everett, AKA "E," creates an image of a man who finds himself in a world where he belongs less than ever and the lament he feels as he can identify with almost nothing around him. It is indeed a bleak picture, and the tone of the instrumentation reflects it accurately. It may be easy to find yourself lulled from time to time (at least after the second track), though never bored.
