Department of Eagles

Originally referred to as the Whitey over the Moon UK, Department of Eagles blossomed in the recording project of two college roommates into purveyors of ambitious however intimate music inspired simply by Van Dyke Parks and Paul McCartney. Fred Nicolaus and Daniel Rossen fulfilled in 2000, if they had been designated as each other’s roommates throughout their freshman calendar year at NY University. Throughout their springtime semester, they started experimenting with examples, recording software program, and guitars, producing music using the atmospheric sweep of symphonic and digital pop as well as the intimacy of folk. Originally, Rossen and Nicolaus designed their music to become heard simply by their close friends, but California indie label Isota Information released the duo’s debut EP, Mo’ Tussin, in 2002 as well as the Noam Chomsky Springtime Break EP the next calendar year. Those EPs, and several extra studio room recordings, had been compiled to help make the Whitey for the Moon UK LP, which Isota also released in 2003. Nevertheless, upon finding a SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA band using the name the Whitey for the Moon, Rossen and Nicolaus transformed their project’s moniker to Division of Eagles, as well as the album’s name was transformed to The Cool Nose and released within the U.K. by Melodic in 2005 and reissued within the U.S. with four reward paths by American Dirt in 2007. In the meantime, in 2004, Rossen became a member of Grizzly Carry with time to lead paths to their discovery recording, 2006’s Yellow Home; that yr, Division of Eagles’ odds-and-ends EP A Johnny Glaze Xmas: Classical Snatches and Examples a Go-Go premiered. During that period, Rossen and Nicolaus continuing to focus on paths, gathering enough materials for an recording by past due 2007. Grizzly Bear’s Chris Taylor and Christopher Carry, in addition to bassist Nat Baldwin, became a member of Rossen and Nicolaus for the classes, which were finished in springtime 2008; the ensuing recording, In Ear Recreation area, was influenced by Rossen’s past due dad and released by 4AD that fall. The odds-and-ends collection Archive 2003-2006, including songs using their aborted sophomore recording and pieces which were later utilized by Grizzly Carry, found its way to 2010.