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Department Of Eagles
Biography
Originally known as "the Whitey on the Moon UK", Department of Eagles blossomed from the recording project of two college roommates into purveyors of ambitious yet intimate music inspired by Van Dyke Parks and Paul McCartney. Fred Nicolaus and Daniel Rossen met in 2000, when they were assigned as each other's roommates during their freshman year at New York University. During their spring semester, they began experimenting with samples, recording software and guitars, making music with the atmospheric sweep of symphonic and electronic pop and folk's intimacy. Initially, Rossen and Nicolaus intended their music to be heard just by their friends, but Californian indie label Isota Records released the duo's debut EP Mo' Tussin in 2002 and The Noam Chomsky Spring Break EP the following year. Those EPs, plus some extra studio recordings, were compiled to make The Whitey on the Moon UK LP, which Isota also issued in 2003. However, upon discovering a San Francisco band with the name "The Whitey on the Moon", Rossen and Nicolaus changed their project's moniker to Department of Eagles, and the album's name was changed to The Cold Nose and issued in the U.
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