Your favorite slithering Southern Californians are back, having never left in the first place. To celebrate, we’re giving away three copies (count ’em) of Eels‘ newest record.

End Times, the band’s eighth long player, will be released by Vagrant on January 19, and it follows up Hombre Loco, released just six months ago. For a nibble of the new material, check out “In My Younger Days” (m4a) and “A Line In The Dirt” (m4a).

We’re happy to offer the latest effort from the band known for “offending” the Bush/Cheney 2000 presidential campaign; clearly, the title End Times was picked to please our praying president. Hopefully, he signs up for the contest.

For your chance to win the CD, comment on this post and include your email address in the form (your email won’t be visible to the public). Three winners will be chosen at random on January 31, 2010.