{"id":2462940,"date":"2026-06-16T23:02:01","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T23:02:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2462940"},"modified":"2026-06-16T23:02:01","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T23:02:01","slug":"eels-evoke-the-spirit-of-the-cookie-monster-with-new-album-cookie-happened-and-emotive-new-song-cap-in-hand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/eels-evoke-the-spirit-of-the-cookie-monster-with-new-album-cookie-happened-and-emotive-new-song-cap-in-hand\/","title":{"rendered":"Eels evoke the spirit of the Cookie Monster with new album &#8216;Cookie Happened&#8217; and emotive new song &#8216;Cap In Hand&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/eels\">Eels<\/a> have today shared details of a new album, \u2018Cookie Happened\u2019, while giving fans a taster of what it sounds like via the emotive new track, \u2018Cap In Hand\u2019 \u2013 listen to it below.<\/p>\n<p>The album will be the band\u2019s 16th and will arrive on October 16 via E Works\/Play It Again Sam. You can pre-order the album <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/eels.lnk.to\/cookie-happenedPR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Alongside the album announcement, the band also shared a new single, \u2018Cap In Hand\u2019, which you can listen to below.<\/p>\n<p>The track is described as a \u201cbittersweet and beautifully bruised first take of the album\u201d that is \u201ctold from the perspective of someone finally confronting their mistakes and is now attempting to set things right.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>You can listen to the new track here:<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"EELS - Cap In Hand (official audio) - from COOKIE HAPPENED - out October 16, 2026\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pZdk9sFjiw4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>The statement added: \u201cThe warm-hearted, rueful and quietly triumphant song, sets the tone for an album that finds E (Mark Oliver Everett) turning his gaze toward life\u2019s small victories, inevitable disappointments and the strange miracle of having been here at all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Speaking about the album title, E said: \u201cAll 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.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut as the great philosopher of our times, Cookie Monster once said: \u2018Me no cry because cookie is finished. Me smile because cookie happened.\u2019 This will all be forgotten. But isn\u2019t it still a beautiful thing that it happened?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Speaking about the new track, E added: \u201cI wanted to sound kind of worn out for this one too, like someone who\u2019s messed up their life but now sees the error of their ways and is trying to make amends with their tail between their legs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou know how record companies are: \u2018We don\u2019t care what you give us, just make sure you sound defeated on the first two tracks!&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DZpcm7SRNPM\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>\u2018Cookie Happened Tracklist:<\/strong><br \/><strong>1. \u2018Clobbered\u2019<\/strong><br \/><strong>2. \u2018Cap In Hand\u2019<\/strong><br \/><strong>3. \u2018All Forgotten\u2019<\/strong><br \/><strong>4. \u2018Bamboozled Again\u2019<\/strong><br \/><strong>5. \u2018Lost And Barking\u2019<\/strong><br \/><strong>6. Taking Pictures\u2019<\/strong><br \/><strong>7. \u2018New Story\u2019<\/strong><br \/><strong>8. \u2018Congratulations To Me\u2019<\/strong><br \/><strong>9. \u2018One Razzle, One Dazzle\u2019<\/strong><br \/><strong>10. \u2018I\u2019m On Standby\u2019<\/strong><br \/><strong>11. \u2018Dum Dums\u2019<\/strong><br \/><strong>12. \u2018The Way I Was Made\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Back in March, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/film\/judd-apatow-is-making-a-documentary-about-e-from-eels-3937010\">it was announced that Judd Apatow is producing a documentary about Eels frontman Everett.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The pair have worked together before, when E acted in Apatow\u2019s 2016 TV series <em>Love<\/em>, and now the filmmaker is putting together about the musician\u2019s fascinating life.<\/p>\n<p>Titled <em>The Way I Was Made: The Story Of A Man Called E<\/em>, the film is directed by Gus Black, who has also made music videos for Eels.<\/p>\n<p>The official synopsis reads: \u201c<em>The Way I Was Made<\/em> is an intimate and emotionally powerful portrait of an artist\u2019s unwavering pursuit of creative integrity in the face of profound personal tragedy. As a teenager, Everett discovered his brilliant but troubled father dead. Years later, just as his dreams of becoming a musician began to take shape, he lost both his sister and his mother in devastating succession.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cConfronted with unimaginable grief, Everett chose not the pursuit of fame, but a deeply personal artistic path \u2014 transforming loss into one of the most heart-achingly beautiful and critically acclaimed catalogues in modern music.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Apatow said in a statement (via <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/stereogum.com\/2493756\/judd-apatow-is-making-a-documentary-about-e-from-eels\/news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stereogum<\/a>): \u201cI\u2019ve always thought E\u2019s story would make for a fantastic documentary. I am confused by why it has taken this long.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>E\u2019s 2007 autobiography, <em>Things The Grandchildren Should Know<\/em>, received critical acclaim for its unique narrative framing, where the author takes on the persona of an elderly man sharing wisdom he has learned before he dies. <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/the-who\">The Who<\/a> legend <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/pete-townshend\">Pete Townshend<\/a> described it as \u201cOne of the best books ever written by a contemporary artist.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n  {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n  if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n  n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n  s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n  'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n  fbq('consent', 'revoke');\n  fbq('init', '370979561341328');\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.nme.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eels have today shared details of a new album, \u2018Cookie Happened\u2019, while giving fans a taster of what it sounds like via the emotive new track, \u2018Cap In Hand\u2019 \u2013 listen to it below. 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