Mark Oliver Everett has spent three decades turning personal wreckage into something people can actually live inside, and at album sixteen, he's still at it without flinching. The Cookie Monster reference in the title isn't a joke so much as a thesis statement, which is very much on brand for a songwriter who has always smuggled genuine grief and hard philosophy into deceptively small packages. Critically acclaimed rock group EELS present their 16th studio album, COOKIE HAPPENED. It follows 2024's critically acclaimed EELS TIME!, which saw EELS continuing their remarkable late-career run with a collection of songs that balanced reflection, humor, and hard-won optimism. With its latest offering, EELS once again demonstrate that few artists are better at finding meaning in life's messiest moments. Speaking about the album title, E (Mark Oliver Everett) says: "All of this will be forgotten. Every joy, accomplishment and hardship will one day become so irrelevant it will be as if none of it occurred. But as the great philosopher of our times, Cookie Monster once said: 'Me no cry because cookie is finished. Me smile because cookie happened.' This will all be forgotten. But isn’t it still a beautiful thing that it happened?" Tracklist 1. Clobbered 2. Cap In Hand 3. All Forgotten 4. Bamboozled Again 5. Lost and Barking 6. Taking Pictures 7. New Story 8. Congratulations To Me 9. I'm On Standby 10. One Razzle, One Dazzle 11. Dum Dums 12. The Way I Was Made UPC: 5400863205904Label: Play It Again SamRelease Date: 10.16.26Format: CD
