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The 2005 album Blinking Lights and Other Revelations is about God and all the questions related to the subject of God, says it s creator, Mark Oliver Everett, also known as Eels leader E. It s also about hanging on to my remaining shreds of sanity and the blue sky that comes the day after a terrible storm, he adds, and it s a love letter to life itself, in all it s beautiful, horrible glory. The album is full of unusual instrumentation and some notable guest stars. One song ( Last Time We Spoke ) features Everett s hound dog, Bobby, Jr., howling a lonesome solo. A few songs later, Eels-fan-turned-collaborator Tom Waits cries a solo – literally – ( Going Fetal ). Later on, R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck (making his second appearance on an Eels album) plays dobro, guitar and bass (the Buck co-written To Lick Your Boots ), and on an album that prominently features the autoharp on several songs, it s exciting to know that the king of rock & roll autoharp, The Lovin Spoonful s John Sebastian, makes a rare appearance, playing autoharp on one track ( Dusk: A Peach in the Orchard, co-written by Sebastian). – Vagrant Records