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Department of Eagles
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New York, United States (2001 – present)
Department of Eagles began in 2001, when Daniel Rossen and Fred Nicolaus were randomly assigned to live together by New York University. During their academically lax spring semester, they made an “album” of beat-type songs best described as “What DJ Shadow’s retarded little brother would sound like.” Nevertheless, a small record company in California heard the CDR and wanted to release a couple of 7” singles. Around that time, a friend’s father, Jeff Saltzman, invited the group to record in his new studio. Fred and Dan used the opportunity to record the bulk of their debut album, which featured a blend of the beat-type stuff and more straightforward songwriting. It was released in 2003 and did fine, selling a modest number of copies and garnering some decent press.
In 2004, the group graduated from college and moved into an apartment in Brooklyn with an aggressive, hirsute landlord named Baki. Shortly thereafter, Daniel joined the group Grizzly Bear and began playing guitar and singing with them (he went on to write a goodly portion of their sophomore album, Yellow House). Fred tried to escape his boring magazine job by going on tour opening up for the band Subtle, but the tour was cancelled when Subtle’s bus crashed, tragically injuring keyboardist Dax Pierson. DOE was on something of a hiatus.
In 2004, the group graduated from college and moved into an apartment in Brooklyn with an aggressive, hirsute landlord named Baki. Shortly thereafter, Daniel joined the group Grizzly Bear and began playing guitar and singing with them (he went on to write a goodly portion of their sophomore album, Yellow House). Fred tried to escape his boring magazine job by going on tour opening up for the band Subtle, but the tour was cancelled when Subtle’s bus crashed, tragically injuring keyboardist Dax Pierson. DOE was on something of a hiatus.
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The Whitey on the Moon UK LP
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The Cold Nose
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On Glaze
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Family Romance
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Noam Chomsky Spring Break 2002
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Origin of Love
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nerfdooker wrote:
department of eagles > grizzly bear [2]
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smithee1407 wrote:
Yeah I agree too.. I like Grizzly Bear as well, but The Cold Nose album is just awesome. Can't wait to get the other albums
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bryanbruv wrote:
mikez333- I AGREE
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sunsamba wrote:
amazing
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mikez333 wrote:
department of eagles > grizzly bear
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sinchen1990 wrote:
just heard them first time and i think its a great band
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Tom_soyer wrote:
FORTY DOLLA RUG! PLAYSTATION 2! TONY HAWK 4! !!!!
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Koremora wrote:
FORTY DOLLA RUG! PLAYSTATION 2! TONY HAWK 4!
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greene1994 wrote:
oh my god. i can't believe i despised the cold nose just a couple months ago. i just gave it another listen, and it's easily one of the most fun albums i've ever heard
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kbyourself wrote:
well it would sound like Grizzly Bear because Daniel Rossen is in it. and considering he's a major song writer and part of Grizzly Bear. there are very strong differences between the two after a lot of listens.
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infinitejames wrote:
The first album really, really doesn't. Which isn't a bad thing either.
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MattLeBlanc wrote:
They sound just like Grizzly Bear. Not that it's a bad thing ...
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Blvd_Nights wrote:
Incredible.
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Alice_in_Two wrote:
such an underrated and rather prejudiced band
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Dailskie wrote:
Sailing by Night is amazing.
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EggToastKid wrote:
Butterfly Emerging
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btruo wrote:
The Cold Nose is one of the weirdest albums I've ever listened to... Yet, it was strangely awesome.
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Enviouz wrote:
the cold nose is amazing, well I think so at least.
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kbyourself wrote:
the don't look down sessions on Pitchfork TV are also wonderful
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GuitaristSB wrote:
Daniel Rossen is one of my favorite guitarists. This stuff is wonderful, would love to see where a new project would take them
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Hello So the DoE won't be out and about for a while. There are so many (very exciting) things going on with Grizzly Bear these days that my head is spinning a bit. It's time to focus in on the task a.. …
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