Hombre Lobo , the seventh Eels studio album, was released on June 2, 2009. The album comprises twelve new songs. “Hombre Lobo” is Spanish for “wolf man” or “werewolf” and references E’s unusually long beard, which he originally grew when writing the song “Dog Faced Boy”. On March 31, 2009, the band made the track ” Fresh Blood ” available on Spinner , explaining that the song would be the lead single for the album. A Jesse Dylan -directed music video was released on April 29, 2009, as well, and the track would become the theme song of the 2015 HBO documentary miniseries The Jinx . The album was released as a single-disc CD and a deluxe edition with a DVD. In September 2009, Eels released a music video for “That Look You Give That Guy”, featuring Bobby Jr., E and Top Chef host Padma Lakshmi .
released on June 2, 2009
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