I first discovered Department of Eagles last summer just in time to witness the DoE news-well run dry. Department of Eagles, composed of Daniel Rosen (of Grizzly Bear) and Fred Nicholas, started as a project to keep the duo entertained while studying at NYU. Releasing two albums, of which the latest In Ear Park has received rave reviews, the project has pretty much been put on hiatus due to Rosen's work with Grizzly Bear and Nicholas' full-time employment. There hasn't much news since the hiatus announcement last April; that is until several weeks ago. The band plans of releasing Archive 2003-2006 which consists of a bunch of tracks, written and produced, beore working on In Ear Park in 2007. Of it the band says:
Basically, before we recorded "In Ear Park," we had a long period of messing around in various circumstances, producing a lot of songs that never really saw the light of day. Some of it is very proto: way back in 2004 Daniel had this period where he was making these beautiful little suites using NYU practice room pianos, and we've included a lot of those. Other stuff comes from a period in 2006 when we tried and failed to make an album at this studio in Berkeley, CA. Also there's also a song we recorded with Chris Taylor that's one of few fast-paced rage type songs we've done. So yeah. It's not a collection of new material but rather a fun romp down memory lane that I hope will appeal.
The "album" is set for release on July 20th on American Dust and July 19th aboard on Bella Union. It's also available for preorder in the US here:
http://www.americandust.net/discography?id=1142
I, for one, couldn't be more excited as it's been quite some time since the band's released anything. Although I'm hoping the archive is just a means to hold off fans until they have a more formal release ready and now some sort of swan song. Here's to hoping!
Never heard of Dept. of Eagles? Hear what they sound like with "No One Does It Like You":
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