Very funny: Eels frontman thanks Grammys for all those nominations

Happy Grammy Nominations day! Eels aren’t really up for any awards, but the frontman wanted to thank the Recording Academy anyway, y’know, for all those awards they gave him.

Mark Oliver Everett allows his sarcasm to shine in all its glory in a newly posted video, as though it were his own album. He awards himself various honors like “best female slow jam,” “best good hair day,” for commercial flops and “catalog number.” He is phoning in his acceptance speeches because he’s detained at previously scheduled events, like those at the “Sydney Rock Opera House.” It’s all good stuff, give the man an award.

E is mostly around to promote his forthcoming full-length, “Wonderful, Glorious.” It will be out on Feb. 5 via E Works/Vagrant. “Peach Blossoms” — the song and the video — have already dropped, you can experience it with equal buzzed-out, rock ‘n’ roll vision.

Here are Eels’ tour dates:

2/14 Santa Ana, CA @ The Observatory
2/15 Los Angeles, CA @ The Fonda Theatre
2/16 San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore
2/18 Portland, OR @ Aladdin Theater
2/19 Seattle, WA @ Showbox at the Market
2/22 Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue
2/23 Chicago, IL @ Vic Theatre
2/24 Columbus, OH @ Newport Music Hall
2/25 Toronto, ON Canada @ Phoenix Concert Theatre
2/26 Montreal, QC Canada @ Theatre Corona
2/27 Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club
3/01 New York, NY @ Webster Hall
3/02 Philadelphia, PA @ World Cafe Live
3/03 Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
3/04 Carrboro, NC @ Cat”s Cradle
3/05 Atlanta, GA @ Variety Playhouse
3/07 Dallas, TX @ Granada Theater
3/08 Houston, TX @ Warehouse Live
3/14 Belfast, County Antrim UK @ The Limelight
3/15 Dublin, Ireland @ Olympia Theatre
3/17 Manchester, UK @ Manchester Academy
3/18 Glasgow, UK @ O2 Academy Glasgow
3/19 Leeds, Yorkshire UK @ O2 Academy Leeds
3/21 London, UK @ O2 Academy Brixton
3/23 Bournemouth, Bournemouth UK @ O2 Academy Bournemouth
3/25 Brighton, UK @ Brighton Dome Concert Hall
3/26 Norwich, UK @ UEA
3/27 Nottingham, Nottinghamshire UK @ Rock City
3/29 Bristol, Somerset UK @ O2 Academy Bristol
3/30 Birmingham, UK @ O2 Academy Birmingham
4/01 Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Paradiso
4/02 Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Paradiso
4/06 Copenhagen, Denmark @ Grey Hall
4/07 Hamburg, Germany @ Grosse Freiheit
4/08 Berlin, Germany @ Astra Kulturhaus
4/10 Brussels, Belgium @ Cirque Royale
4/12 Caen, France @ Le Cargo
4/14 Salzberg, Austria @ Republic
4/15 Fribourg, Switzerland @ Frison
4/16 Zurich, Switzerland @ Volkshaus Zurich
4/18 Milan, Italy @ Alcatraz
4/19 Graz, Austria @ Orpheum
4/20 Linz, Austria @ Posthof Linz
4/21 Vienna, Austria @ Gasometer
4/22 Munich , Germany @ Muffathalle
4/24 Paris, France @ Trianon

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