Please enjoy a very eclectic mix of sounds that occur inside my transparent head.

♥peace.

SInce I missed out on Grizzly Bear’s show last year (I know… such an idiot) , this will be my first time seeing Daniel Rossen perform. And, well…he’s an inspiration lately, so I think I’m pretty excited.

Tonight, tonight, tonight!

Department of Eagles, live at the Troubadour. SOLD OUT.

UPDATE:

Here’s a little itsy bitsy portion of my view from the show. This is a new song and I was standing just behind this camera, enjoying every bar of the piece.  Sorry it cuts out early, but you get the idea…

After 1 hour, I had it set and ready. I wish I could write like Daniel Rossen does. Playing that song, and singing it later on record was a treat, and it just felt completely together. I commend this song… Maybe I’ll upload it here. Maybe not. Just listen to the original, it’s not too different, other than being a lot better than my attempt.

“Oh boy. When you’re gone, you are gone…”

“One after the other, after the other… Just like herringbone.”

PART DEUX! The sounds inside my head for Thanksgiving…I’m thankful.

1. Serge Gainsbourg & Brigitte Bardot – “Bonnie and Clyde”

2. Department of Eagles – “No One Does it Like You”

3. Simon and Garfunkel – “The Only Living Boy in New York”

4. Charlotte Gainsbourg – “5:55″

5. Peter Thomas Sound Orchestra – “Space-Patrol”

6. Air – “Playground Love”

7. Pink Floyd – “Green is The Colour”

8. April March – “Laisse Tomber Les Filles”

9. Department of Eagles – “Herringbone”

10. Peter Thomas Sound Orchestra – “Der Hexer”

11. Beach Boys – “God Only Knows”

12. Iron and Wine – “Beneath the Balcony”

13. Elliott Smith – “Angel in The Snow”

14. George Harrison – “My Sweet Lord”

15. Dory Previn – “Beware of Young Girls”

16. Peter Thomas Sound Orchestra – “Pardon Me, Ms. Carmem”

17. Nick Drake – “Things Behind The Sun”

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If you’re a fan of the Brooklyn based band, Grizzly Bear, then you’ve probably heard of Department of Eagles. The original project, turned side project of Grizzly’s Daniel Rossen and his NYU roommate, Fred Nicolaus, Department of Eagles touches close to the more known Bear band, but it envelops a sense of experimentalism and freedom of instrumentation into Rossen and Nicolaus’s minds. As connoisseurs and revelers of the new cherished movement of timeless rock/folk/pop/electronic/progressive music in Brooklyn, Department of Eagles has released their second effort, and the effort in my opinion is perfection. In Ear Park is quite different than their first release and it touches closer to Grizzly Bear in the way that it is pure cascades of harmonies, classical instruments, and dreamy soundscapes of love, relationships, family, and youth. This is the album I’ve been looking for all year, and I think you’ll love it too.

Here’s some examples of the new album, In Ear Park:

Teenagers

In Ear Park

Nobody Does It Like You