Pitchfork

We heard from Brooklyn duo Department of Eagles a little over a year ago, but now they've done signed themselves a new record deal, and the follow-up to their 2003 debut The Cold Nose finally has a name and release date: In Ear Park will hit the streets October 8 on 4AD. In case you've forgotten, the Department is a collaboration between Grizzly Bear's Daniel Rossen and Fred Nicolaus; for their second album two other Grizzlies, Chris Bear and Chris Taylor (a former neighbor to Rossen and Nicolaus) have been brought on for various production duties and instrumentation. The title track here sounds like something you'd expect from three-fourths of Grizzly Bear: atmospheric production quality that conjures images of antiqued wood, gently strummed acoustic guitars swirling around an empty room, and a psychedelic waltz-time piano breakdown with breathy harmonies that could have come out of a Fleet Foxes tune.




MP3:> Department of Eagles: "In Ear Park"
[from In Ear Park; due 10/08/08 on 4AD]