Lead off track "Cap in Hand," told from the perspective of someone finally confronting their mistakes and is now attempting to set things right. Listen here.
Leader E (Mark Oliver Everett) says, "I wanted to sound kind of worn out for this one too, like someone who’s messed up their life but now sees the error of their ways and is trying to make amends with their tail between their legs. You know how record companies are: “We don’t care what you give us, just make sure you sound defeated on the first two tracks."
Speaking about the album title, he continues, "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?"
Best known for the modern rock radio chart topper "Novocaine for the Soul," from first album Beautiful Freak, E is also the author of the memoir Things the Grandchildren Should Know and the subject of the award-winning documentary Parallel Worlds, Parallel Lives, which explored his relationship with his father, the pioneering quantum physicist Hugh Everett III.
Track list:
01 CLOBBERED
02 CAP IN HAND
03 ALL FORGOTTEN
04 BAMBOOZLED AGAIN
05 LOST AND BARKING
06 TAKING PICTURES
07 NEW STORY
08 CONGRATULATIONS TO ME
09 ONE RAZZLE, ONE DAZZLE
10 I'M ON STANDBY
11 DUM DUMS
12 THE WAY I WAS MADE
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