How Eels' Mark Everett keeps the faith

The lead singer talks about compassion, hope, and taking breaks

Mark Everett.
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"It's amazing that I got to make one album, let alone all of these albums," says Mark Everett, the lead singer of Eels.

By now, Everett — aka E, for most Eels fans — has been making music for more than 20 years. But while that longevity has birthed 11 studio albums and a legion of fans, it did come at a cost. "The price you pay for that," E tells The Week, "is it can arrest your development in other areas if that's all you're paying attention to."

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Erin Lyndal Martin

Erin Lyndal Martin is a music journalist, poet, and visual artist. Her music journalism has appeared in Salon, No Depression, bandcamp, The Rumpus, PopMatters, Drowned in Sound, She Shreds, and elsewhere.