EELS
Announce Limited Edition Vinyl Reissue of
Blinking Lights and Other Revelations
Out on May 19th via E Works/[PIAS]
Europe / North America Lockdown
Hurricane Tour – Spring 2023
Photo credit: Gus Black
Thursday 14th April 2023 – Critically acclaimed rock group, EELS are today announcing a limited edition remastered vinyl reissue of their 2005 record, Blinking Lights and Other Revelations which is set for release via E Works/[PIAS] on May 19. Pre-orders are available HERE.
Band leader and principal songwriter Mark Oliver Everett says: “When it was time to master the BLINKING LIGHTS reissue I needed to listen to the whole double album for the first time since it came out in 2005, and I was surprised by what I heard. It was an intense and emotional experience for me and I felt proud of it and overwhelmed by how hard we worked on it. I’ll start mentally preparing to listen to it again when it’s reissued again in 10 years.”
A homemade epic, Blinking Lights… is an imaginative, emotional reflection on the condition of living, and was recorded mostly in Everett’s Los Angeles basement over a period of several years. Sprawling over 33 tracks are songs about faith, responsibility, growing up, dignity, disappointment, comfort, hope and renewal. Upon release, it was the most personal EELS album since 1998’s Electro-Shock Blues. That album dealt with the nearly simultaneous suicide of Everett’s sister and terminal illness of his mother, from the subjects’ points of view. Blinking Lights… found him a few years down the line, battling some of the family demons himself, with the after effects of past tragedies having become more of a personal issue in his adult life, sometimes fearlessly autobiographical, and other times built around the related stories of others.
The latest reissue follows EELS’ recent limited edition vinyl reissues of their earlier trilogy, Hombre Lobo, End Times, and Tomorrow Morning, noted by Sunday Times as a “must-have reissue”, and their critically acclaimed 2022 record, Extreme Witchcraft which found praise at MOJO, NME, The New York Times, Stereogum, SPIN and more.
EELS are currently on the road for the long-awaited Lockdown Hurricane tour of Europe and North America which kicked off in the UK last month to rave reviews from Daily Express (“going all out at their blistering, bluesy best” – 5*), The Times (4*), Louder Than War and more.
Available at the live shows only, EELS have also released two new very limited vinyl editions of two live sessions – Live at Largo (2019) and Gentle Souls 2021 KCRW Session. These are unique to the tour and not available anywhere else. Tickets for the remaining dates are available HERE and watch “25 Years of EELS Live in 8 Minutes” video HERE.
EELS have had one of the most consistently acclaimed careers in music. The ever-changing project of principal singer/songwriter E (Mark Oliver Everett), EELS have released 14 studio albums since their 1996 debut, Beautiful Freak. In 2008 E published his highly acclaimed book Things the Grandchildren Should Know and starred in the award-winning Parallel Worlds, Parallel Lives documentary about the search to understand his quantum physicist father, Hugh Everett III.
Europe/North America Tour 2023
April 14 – Gasometer, Vienna, Austria
April 15 – Akvarium Klub, Budapest, Hungary
April 17 – Estragon, Bologna, Italy
April 18 – Alcatraz, Milan, Italy
April 20 – La Cartonnerie, Reims, France
April 21 – Salle Pleyel, Paris, France
April 22 – Le MeM, Rennes, France
April 24 – Hall 622, Zurich, Switzerland
April 25 – Les Docks, Lausanne, Switzerland
April 26 – La Paloma, Nimes, France
April 27 – Razzmatazz, Barcelona, Spain
April 29 – Auditorio, Vigo, Spain
April 30 – La Riviera, Madrid, Spain
June 8 – Belly Up, San Diego, CA
June 10 – Fonda Theatre, Los Angeles, CA
June 11 – The UC Theatre, Berkeley, CA
June 13 – Revolution Hall, Portland, OR
June 14 – The Neptune Theatre, Seattle, WA
June 16 – Metro Music Bar, Salt Lake City, UT
June 17 – Gothic Theater, Denver, CO
June 18 – Liberty Hall, Lawrence, KS
June 20 – First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN
June 21 – Metro, Chicago, IL
June 23 – Carnegie of Homestead Music Hall, Munhall (Pittsburgh), PA
June 24 – Keswick Theatre, Glenside (Philadelphia), PA
June 25 – Paradise Rock Club, Boston, MA
June 27 – Webster Hall, New York, NY
June 28 – The Fillmore, Silver Spring, MD
June 29 – Cat’s Cradle, Carrboro, NC
June 30 – Variety Playhouse, Atlanta, GA
Blinking Lights and Other Revelations
Format:
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remastered
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limited edition
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crystal violet colour vinyl
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triple vinyl
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140g standard weight vinyl
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gatefold sleeve with capacity pocket, 350gms + gloss machine varnish
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32pp booklet 30 x 30 mm
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