New Eels Video - "Fresh Blood" (Stereogum Premiere)
When we posted a link to the Eel's new single "Fresh Blood," we made sure to mention the name of the new album Hombre Lobo means "werewolf." Continuing directly along that dark, creepy, and hairy course, the Jesse Dylan-directed video for "Fresh Blood"'s shot at night with a red haze that looks bloody in the Carrie sense. The clip features an extremely bearded, lycanthropic E -- nice wolf walking stick, by the way -- howling at and stalking a sharp-dressed (and then undressed) lady. A pair of hooded wrestlers try to intervene, but so does a full moon. E's take? "For years people have asked me what I do when I'm done recording all day. So here it is. A typical night..."
E also gave his reasoning behind "Fresh Blood": "A few years ago I wrote a song called 'I Want To Protect You' that was about wanting to protect someone from the wolves. Now I am the wolf."
Hombre Lobo is out 6/2 via Vagrant. The single, sans the late-night swim, is available at iTunes.
Posted at 9:42 AM by brandon in Video
Tags: Eels
I like it, but is the whole album gonna be werewolf themed?
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I'm fine with that. Love Howlin' E!
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so this is what joaquin phoenix has been up to.
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Great song and video. Funny when she turns and he looks down :D
...and great howlin' stuff.
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The Eels always make great videos! Easter Egg for the fans: The dog in the car @ 1:09 is E's dog making a cameo.
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sounds like a song that will be on the HBO series True Blood
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Cool video, cool song, roll on the album release date.
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these dudes will always have my ears...love their music.
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AWOOOOOOO!!!!!
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Best news all day.
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the best thing about ''Fresh Blood'' is it's a sequel to the song "I Want to Protect You" because, as E explained, at first he wanted to protect someone from the wolves but he's now realized he is, in fact, the wolf... love it!
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Ahhh Mark you creepy bastard. Love it.
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Fun anecdote: At an Eels concert in Philly @ the TLA many years ago the opening act consisted of two girls standing on a twister mat with an umbrella reciting poetry. Needless to say the drunken "fratboy" throngs were none too pleased or entertained, so they provoked the girls and other heaving idiots in the crowd with hoots and sexual taunts splitting the crowd into people screaming boos and spilling bear and meek nerds blushing with embarrassment. E bursts on stage and screamed something about fucking hating frat boys and threw the loud ones out. He mumbled something about not playing for assholes and stormed offstage only to return and play a full awesome set.
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That's all fine and dandy, but it's "lobo", not "lobro".
Agreed with the Joaquin Phoenix comment.
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Cool video! :D
By the way it's "lobo" not "lobro"
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Hey,
I noticed that bobby jr. appears in the video. Awesome!
I also appreciate the style and setting of the video. Only the fighting sequence does not fit in...
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You're crazy Mark! Although I do like the new style you got going. Fetchy tune.
Respect to that beard of yours!
Cheers.
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I'd like to imagine that after the video cuts off, it turns into that scene from National Lampoon's Vacation.
Also, wwE wrestling. doing!
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another brilliant song by E. he cant go wrong
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You are so sexy!
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shit is funny...he's still got it...
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