Eels with Strings Live at Town Hall (2007)

You never know what youll get when you attend an Eels concert One year its vocoders and synthesizers the next its gritty garage rock Cut to 2005 Eels leader Mark Oliver Everett aka E releases the highly acclaimed Blinking Lights and Other Revelations double album and assembles his most ambitious version of the EELS yet a seven piece band consisting of Everett backed by a string quartet and two multiinstrumentalists juggling lap steel guitar upright bass mandolin saw melodica celeste pump organ piano and a trash can and suitcase drum set Having brought this elaborate show to Boston the night before can the Eels get to New York play Late Night with David Letterman and perform their concert at the legendary Town Hall which is being filmed for a concert film all with grace under incredible pressure The answer is yes and the proof is here