Mark Oliver Everett his ever-changing collectin of bandmates have announced plans to release a first “best of” compilation of the groups songs over the past 15 years, Meet The EELS: Essential EELS Vol. 1, 1996-2006, and its first collection of rarities, EELS Useless Trinkets: B-Sides, Soundtracks, Rarities and Unreleased 1996-2006.

The US release date is January 15, 2008 and the UK date for the same material is January 21, 2008.http://www.eelstheband.com/essential_rarities.php