Blog: PopMatters

If there was a checklist for Eels archetypes, "Little Bird", the first track to see the light of day from the band's forthcoming LP End Times, would fill up more check boxes than just about any other song that E has penned. A simple, delicately strummed melody with a capo at the fifth fret? Check. Direct appeals to God? Check. An avian-centric narrative? Check. Gratuitous use of the word "goddamn"? Check. Pining for a lost...