That left him free to knock out three new albums in little over a year, each distinctly different but – as a "concept trilogy" containing 48 tracks – rather a lot to properly digest.
After a much-needed breather, Wonderful, Glorious comes within a chin whisker of copying the formula set in 2009 by Hombre Lobo. It does, however, have a stronger sense of itself as a separate album and of Eels being an ensemble rock band again, not a solo auteur helped out by a handful of mates.





