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Electro‐Shock Blues
Rock · 1998 · 16 tracks

Electro‐Shock Blues

A devastatingly intimate document of grief and survival. Dusty hip-hop loops meet fragile chamber pop to process family tragedy with brutal, beautiful honesty.

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It's the most beautiful album about the worst year of someone's life.

A harrowing descent into personal tragedy that miraculously finds its way back to a fragile, life-affirming light.

Electro‐Shock Blues · vs · EELS
Grief+2.5σ

The writing leans far further into grief than the rest of the catalogue.

Tracklist · 16 Tracks
01
Elizabeth on the Bathroom Floor
2:09
02
Going to Your Funeral, Part I
2:37
03
Cancer for the Cure
4:47
04
My Descent Into Madness
3:55
05
3 Speed
2:45
06
Hospital Food
3:24
07
Electro‐Shock Blues
2:30
08
Efils' God
3:20
09
Going to Your Funeral, Part II
1:30
10
Last Stop: This Town
3:27
11
Baby Genius
2:04
12
Climbing to the Moon
3:39
13
Ant Farm
2:12
14
Dead of Winter
2:59
15
The Medication Is Wearing Off
3:52
16
P.S. You Rock My World
3:09
Moments Worth Waiting For
The jarring, distorted drum loop and manic energy of 'Cancer for the Cure' breaking the initial somber silence.
The heartbreakingly fragile piano melody of 'Elizabeth on the Bathroom Floor' that sets the album's raw emotional stakes.
The transition into the final track where the weight of the album finally lifts into a cautious, sun-dappled optimism.
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