Released on March 28th 2022 through 4AD, Warm Chris is Aldous Harding’s fourth album, and the third with John producing. Recorded at Rockfield Studios with Joe Jones, and mixed at Playpen in Bristol with Ali Chant. Album of the month in both Mojo and Uncut.

Here’s the video for the first single taken from the album, Lawn :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ylzXnxFpYQ
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Extreme Witchcraft, the first major collaboration between E (Mark Everett) and JP since 2001’s Souljacker, was released on January 28th 2022. Eels were due to start a world tour to support the album in March but this has become yet another covid casualty and the dates have been postponed until 2023. There are great videos to accompany two of the E/Parish co-writes here :
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“Extreme Witchcraft works magic.” 
4 stars
- MOJO
 
“Succinct, dry-eyed and well aware of life’s ironies” 
- New York Times
 
“Better living through desperation never sounded like so much fun.” 
4 & 1/2 stars
- American Songwriter
 
“An appealingly smart album of modern rock’n’roll” 
4 stars
- The Times
 
“One of the most rollicking, down-and-dirty blues records he’s ever made”
- SPIN
 
“Honest to god rock n’ roll” 
4 stars
- DIY Magazine 
 
“A standout in the Eels catalogue”    
4 stars 
- All Music
 
“A record fueled by audible joy”
- Rolling Stone UK
 
“Eels at their most playful… it more than delivers”
- Clash
 
“Damn good songwriting, plain and simple” 
- Northern Transmissions   
 
“Wit, tunes and third-degree self awareness”
- Uncut
 
“The catharsis of Mark Oliver Everett yelling ‘Make it what it isn’t!’ in response to the miserable status quo of 2022 is something to savor”
- AV Club
 
“Full of wit and joy… an inspirational collection of songs”
- Gigwise
 
“Riff-laden, funky and most definitely to be played loud”” 
4.5 stars
- The Sun
 
“Another impressive collection”
- Hot Press
 
“The nosiest and most experimental Eels album for some time” 
4 stars
- Record Collector
 
4 stars
- Louder Than War
 
“Flights of musical imagination and offbeat observations”
4 stars 
- The Scotsman
 
“Hooky and hypnotic” 
4 stars 
- The Sydney Morning Herald
 
“Crackles with dark magic” 
4 stars 
- Irish Examiner
 
“Energy, bravado and a convoy of pounding riffs”
- Far Out
 
“It’s great” 
4 stars 
- Louder
 
“Nobody does beautifully bleak yet horrifically hopeful like the Eels”
4 stars
- The Irish News
 
“Courageously upbeat… EXTREME WITCHCRAFT proves Everett is willing to let it all hang out sonically, delivering enjoyable results”
- Glide
 
“Another indie rock classic”
4 stars
- Powered By Rock
 
4 stars
- The Fire Note
 
“Rubbish”
- Archie Everett (Age 6)
 

Parquet Courts’ seventh album was released on Rough Trade records on 22nd October 2021. John produced two tracks – Pulcinella, and the title track Sympathy For Life. The tracks were recorded at Real World studios and engineered by Joe Jones. Mixed by Rodaidh McDonald and Austin Brown at Studio City Sound.

Rough Trade have announced Dry Cleaning’s debut ‘New Long Leg’ as their album of the year 2021.
This is John’s second Rough Trade no.1 after Aldous Harding’s ‘Party’ in 2017.

14th July 2021 saw the debut release from Bristol band Bingo Fury. A 7” single, Big Rain is out on Ra Ra Rok Records. Produced by John, it was recorded at J&J Studio by Oliver Baldwin. Mixed at Playpen.

EELS leader Mark Oliver Everett, aka E, co-produced the record with PJ Harvey producer and guitarist John Parish, marking the first time the two have recorded together since 2001’s Souljacker album.

This is what E told us about working together again:
“John Parish is one of the most even-tempered, polite people I’ve ever met. A true gentleman. Actually he’s probably THE most polite person I’ve ever met. But when he gets into the studio he becomes a mad scientist. If you make music with John Parish, you get stuff no one else does. He has a really unique toolbox and musical outlook. Perhaps his politeness is a coping mechanism to keep Mr. Hyde under control when he’s out of his laboratory.”

Following the new album in January, EELS are all set for a spring 2022 tour of Europe and America, starting March 11 in Belfast. If you don’t have your ticket yet for the SPRING 2022 LOCKDOWN HURRICANE TOUR, you can find yours HERE.

​CATHERINE GRAINDORGE – Eldorado
 
John and Catherine worked together on the 2013 music and film project ‘The Developer’ at the John Smedley factory in Derby. Catherine’s new album - Eldorado  - was produced and mixed by John at J&J Studios , Bristol with Oliver Baldwin engineering.
Released through Glitterbeat/Tak:Til on 1st October 2021
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​EMILY LOIZEAU – Icare
 
Icare, the new album by French singer Emily Loizeau was produced by John, and recorded by Joe Jones at Rockfield in August 2020. Mixed by John at Playpen with Ali Chant engineering. Emily’s band features Boris Boublil and Csaba Palotai from Playing Carver, and Sacha Toorop who previously worked with John on Dominique A’s album Auguri in 2001.
Released 17th September  2021  (1st October in UK)

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THE GOON SAX – Mirror II
 
John has produced the third album by Brisbane trio The Goon Sax, released on Matador (& Chapter Music in Australia) on July 9th 2021. Recorded at Invada, Bristol by James Trevascus, and mixed at Playpen with Joe Jones engineering.
 

Also Featured ​Guardian album of the week : READ HERE