| ***Known for some time now as "America's greatest semi-active band," Fred Nicolaus and Daniel Rossen's Department of Eagles have beguiled music fans at slow and steady pace for just over four years. Their debut album, the Whitey On The Moon UK LP (titled as an homage to the band's former name), sounded like nothing else at the time of its first release in October of 2003. No one had ever heard such distinctive, experimental, beat-driven montages laid next to such exquisitely structured pop songs, all laced with playful and witty undercurrents. Imagine The Notwist, Randy Newman, Underworld, and Ween accidentally booking the same studio time, and you get the idea. Rossen, who sings most of the Department of Eagles' songs and plays most of the stringed instruments on the album, is currently one of the main songwriters and vocalists for the highly acclaimed Warp Records act Grizzly Bear. He and Nicolaus have had the Department of Eagles on hiatus for a while now, but are currently working on the follow- up to their stellar debut. Sadly, despite a considerable amount of attention the band has garnered through gushing reviews, strong word-of-mouth, and Rossen's membership in Grizzly Bear, the Whitey on The Moon UK album has mostly been unavailable in North America for the better part of a year. It is now available again (under the album's European title The Cold Nose), with four bonus tracks. 30-second MP3 excerpts: On Glaze
Sailing By Night
Noam Chomsky Spring Break 2002
The Piano In The Bathtub
Romo Goth
Gravity's Greatest Victory/ Rex Snorted Coke
Origin Of Love
Family Romance
Forty Dollar Rug
We Have To Respect Each Other
The Curious Butterfly Realizes He Is Beautiful
The Horse You Ride
Ghost In Summer Clothes
Dinner For Two
Dayschool/ Rooster
Mining For Gold/ Payoff
Ghost In Summer Clothes (Demo) If you have a recent version of iTunes software on your computer, clicking on the link immediately below should open the iTunes application and take you to that album's iTunes page-- where you can listen to samples and buy this album, or individual tracks: Go to iTunes to browse downloads for Department of Eagles "The Cold Nose" If you have a subscription account at emusic.com, you can download tracks for purchase here. This title is also available for download at AmazonMP3 For a complete listing of Midheaven exclusive albums available for download from the iTunes Music service, please visit the Midheaven Mailorder/Revolver USA Downloadables page. |
