Stream: Eels, ‘Baby Let’s Make It Real’

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Eels (Photo by Gus Black)

Do you remember — back in pre-pandemic times when we were free to move about the country — the simple pleasure of randomly running into an old friend?

That’s what it felt like this week to hear Eels’ new single “Baby Let’s Make It Real,” their first release since 2018’s stellar 12th album “The Deconstruction.” The effortless melody, the dirty guitar solo, the lovably raspy voice of Mark Oliver Everett, aka E, who first made our all-time list nearly a quarter-century ago … Can we go back to what used to feel real?

For his part, E says, “How ’bout a new song to get your mind off your troubles for 3 minutes and 55 seconds? Play it again if you want to double that time.”

Done.

||| Stream: “Baby Let’s Make It Real”

||| Also: Watch the 2019 video for “You Are the Shining Light”