Eels announces new album, 2013 tour

Alt rock mainstays the Eels are gearing up for the release of a new album, their tenth, titled Wonderful, Glorious. The album will be out on February 5 and a big tour will follow shortly thereafter.

The band will return to the Cat's Cradle in Carrboro on Monday, March 4. Tickets will go on sale at 10 a.m. on Friday, November 30, via Etix for $22.

Check out the wonderfully fuzzy song "Peach Blossom," from Wonderful, Glorious below.

[UPDATE] Eels announce 'Tremendous Dynamite' world tour, coming to Carrboro

The ever evolving band Eels, led by frontman Mark Everett (known as E), are gearing up for a big world tour this summer in support of their recent trilogy of albums released from 2009 to 2010, Hombre Lobo, End Times and Tomorrow Morning.

The tour will bring the band to the Cat's Cradle in Carrboro on Monday, July 25. Tickets for the show will go on sale via etix on Saturday, April 2 but the price is not available yet for $18. The Submarines will open.

[UPDATE: Eels have canceled the Cat's Cradle show in order to appear on the Late Show with David Letterman. Tickets will be refunded. Opening act The Submarines will still be performing. Ticket info is TBA.]

Stream Eels new album 'Hombre Lobo: 12 Songs of Desire'

Eels have a new album coming out on Tuesday, June 2 titled Hombre Lobo: 12 Songs of Desire. This is Eels first new album since 2005's Blinking Lights and Other Revelations. Head on over to MySpace to stream the new album a few days early.

Check out a short making of the album video below featuring the the song "Tremendous Dynamite."