Department of Eagles began in 2001, when Daniel Rossen and Fred Nicolaus we… Read Full Bio ↴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. Then in 2005, a British label re-released their debut album in Europe under a different title, and the group began working on new material. This time around, the music featured little-to-no electronic embellishments and was inspired by Randy Newman, Van Dyke Parks, Paul Williams, and Paul McCartney. On October 7, 2008 they released their follow-up, In Ear Park, on 4AD.
Daniel plays guitar, bass, piano, drums, cello, and sings. He majored in Linguistics. His grandfather, Robert Rossen, directed the critically acclaimed movies All the Kings Men and The Hustler. Fred plays drums and various random instruments. He majored in Art History. His father, Martin Nicolaus, wrote the definitive translation of Karl Marx's Gundrisse.
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Department of Eagles went on to join Grizzly Bear with their recording of 2009 LP 'Veckatimist'
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. Then in 2005, a British label re-released their debut album in Europe under a different title, and the group began working on new material. This time around, the music featured little-to-no electronic embellishments and was inspired by Randy Newman, Van Dyke Parks, Paul Williams, and Paul McCartney. On October 7, 2008 they released their follow-up, In Ear Park, on 4AD.
Daniel plays guitar, bass, piano, drums, cello, and sings. He majored in Linguistics. His grandfather, Robert Rossen, directed the critically acclaimed movies All the Kings Men and The Hustler. Fred plays drums and various random instruments. He majored in Art History. His father, Martin Nicolaus, wrote the definitive translation of Karl Marx's Gundrisse.
www.departmentofeagles.com
Department of Eagles went on to join Grizzly Bear with their recording of 2009 LP 'Veckatimist'
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Department of Eagles Lyrics
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Around the Bay You're all too older today All my words, they've flown away…
Balmy Night By yellow light, This balmy night's too long My broken recor…
Brightest Minds This time each day I do walks down the hall. My…
Classical Records Do you listen to your classical records any more? Or do…
Deadly Disclosure I was amazed Burning to be lionized But in the wings when…
Dinner For Two When we have dinner tonight Will there be candlelight, And…
Family Romance There’s every good reason To let down your hair It’s nobod…
Floating on the Lehigh If I just left for a while Dead dusk, a dive…
Forty Dollar Rug Ahh.... Forty dollar rug! oh yeah! Twenty dollar lamp! o…
Gravity's Greatest Victory/Rex Snorted Coke Past years are sealed with the signet of my might And…
Herringbone Oh boy, when you're gone, you are gone Those nights you…
In Ear Park All of us walk a long, steady line And now that…
Love Me Treat me like a fool Treat me mean and cruel, oh…
No Body Does It Like You Out in the morning come You don't need to ask an…
No One Does It Out in the morning come You don't need to ask an…
No One Does It Like You Out in the morning come You don't need to ask an…
Phantom Other Alright, we'll do this your way Alright, we'll make it anyw…
Romo-Goth You need not memorize Every word I say Whoa, cada vez …
Sailing By Night I left on a whim Clean up the kitchen Please, remind the…
Teenager Something's bubbling up inside your holy head You want to le…
Teenagers Something's bubbling up inside your holy head You want to l…
The Curious Butterfly Realizes He Is Beautiful (We'll do it together, not like one-two, we'll switch off,…
The Horse You Ride Artichokes, with oily hearts Lying on my kitchen floor and…
The Piano in the Bathtub Open season out on the grounds again. Out on the grounds. …
Waves of Rye Ghastly protector Save me from this waste He's drifting as…
What Can Be Done The walls are coming down all around me The walls are…
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