The Invisible Man' is a wildly adventurous musical departure for Mark Eitzel, and, we think, the finest album of his career. After seven albums fronting American Music Club (1985-1994), garnering endless "Album of the Year" and "Songwriter of the Year" accolades from magazines such as Rolling Stone and Spin, Eitzel went on to a critically successful solo career. On the three solo albums, he was joined by various collaborators such as Bruce Kaphan and Danny Pearson of AMC, James McNew from Yo La Tengo, Steve Shelley from Sonic Youth, Mike McCready from Pearl Jam, and Peter Buck from REM. The big story on 'The Invisible Man,' however, is that Mark has chosen to go it alone; doing most of the producing, recording and arranging, and playing most of the instruments himself, yet creating a sound that takes over the room like nothing else this year. 'The Invisible Man' is an extraordinarily dramatic and emotional album, one that has both dark moments and uncharacteristically optimistic ones. Humour and gravity, proclamations of despair and joy — with a few curveballs. What is particularly notable throughout is that there are more choruses and genuinely catchy hooks per square inch than any other Eitzel album. From Mark: "I worked on 'The Invisible Man' for over two years, writing over 40 songs, and recording with a bunch of different people, but mostly by myself. I wrote all of the songs on an acoustic guitar, but finished most with a sampler and Pro-tools on a Mac G-4 computer (affectionately nicknamed "The Dumb Ass") in the front room of my house in San Francisco. Most of the time I had on headphones and the neighbors never complained. I have since put together a really terrific 4-piece band to play this music live. We rehearse in the living room, and the neighbors only complain occasionally. 'The Invisible Man' is dedicated to all the friends I've lost while making this record."