Department of Eagles / In Ear Park
September 26, 2008 | Categories: Music


No One Does It Like You by Department of Eagles


Waves of Rye by Department of Eagles


Teenagers by Department of Eagles

I’ve been obsessively listening to the new album from Department of Eagles, In Ear Park, since Sunday, and I can definitely say that it’s one of the best this year. Department of Eagles is the side band of Grizzly Bear singer/songwriter Dan Rossen, a band that was actually started in 2000 along with his NYU buddy Fred Nicolaus. They’re original album was a bit all over the place, a bit noisy (though I did include a song from it on my mix Deep Blue Sea), but this new one couldn’t be more pristine and focused.

The album is similar in tone to a Grizzly Bear album, but less folky and less epic, not that that’s a bad thing. It’s a very intimate record, with tinges of Paul Simon maybe, and definitely an entire track that’s basically a Van Dyke Park love-fest called Teenagers. If the new Grizzly Bear sounds even half as good as this album, we’re all in for a real treat.

In Ear Park comes out October 7th, and you can preorder it here.

Bobby

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  1. Completely forgot this was coming out! - cheers for the reminder !

    P.S. you missed the D off your Department of Eagles link ;)

    Comment by Rob McDougall — September 26, 2008 #

  2. Thanks for the reminder!! After listening to your mix that had Sailing By Night on it, I was hooked.

    Comment by Burcu — September 26, 2008 #

  3. i am a huge fan of grizzly bear… but not so much into this. no one does it like you is fantastic, but the rest are immediately forgettable for me. grizzly bear’s yellow house was one of the best albums EVER recorded.

    Comment by christopher bird — September 26, 2008 #

  4. Hey Bobby,

    I’m not sure if you caught this band or not, but I think you’d dig them if you dig Grizzly bear and D of E:
    The Acorn.

    Its a bit folksy, but I totally dig it. here’s a link to my favorite track… http://octember.net/?p=103

    Thanks for sharing, sir.

    Comment by Evan Payne — September 26, 2008 #

  5. very awsome

    I think grizzly bears new album is going to be different tho I cant wait

    Comment by felipe — September 29, 2008 #

  6. Who shot their album cover?

    Comment by Chris W — September 30, 2008 #

  7. been listening to this all week. No One Does It Like You is stuck on repeat in my head…

    Comment by Rob McDougall — October 23, 2008 #

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