Department Of Eagles
In Ear Park

Origine : Etats-Unis
Date de sortie : 07/10/2008
Label : 4AD
Site Officiel : Department Of Eagles
Myspace : Department Of Eagles
 

In Ear Park
No One Does It Like You
Around The Bay

DEPARTMENT OF EAGLES began in 2000, when New York University assigned freshmen Fred Nicolaus and Daniel Rossen to share a room. To pass the time during an uneventful spring semester, the two began making music together, collecting samples and turning them into songs using pirated software and a microphone borrowed from their neighbor Chris Taylor (who, years later, would become Daniel’s bandmate in Grizzly Bear and DoE’s producer/engineer). Somewhat accidentally the group was discovered by a California label and the material recorded in this period was combined with later studio sessions to form Department of Eagles’ 2003 debut, The Cold Nose. It gained a small but enthusiastic audience and was praised by critics from the San Francisco Bay Guardian to the London Times.

In 2004 Daniel joined the group Grizzly Bear as a singer, guitarist and songwriter. He began touring with the band, and brought a number of songs to their critically acclaimed sophomore album Yellow House and follow-up EP Friend. In the meantime, Fred was working a 9-5 job and opening a savings account. However, after work he would record ideas and email them to Daniel, who was also working on a new batch of material between tours, much of which felt far too personal for Grizzly Bear. Over the years, stealing time on weekends and between tours, they slowly accumulated bits and pieces, and by late 2007 an album had begun taking shape.

In December, Department of Eagles began work on its second album, In Ear Park. Chris Taylor acted as producer/engineer and also played electric bass and horns. Chris Bear, Grizzly Bear’s drummer, also contributed heavily to the album. The idea was to take the songwriting dynamic developed between Daniel and Fred and meld it with the band dynamic that Daniel and the two Chris’ had honed on the road. Nat Baldwin drove down from Maine to play double bass. Fred frequently told his job he was working from home in order to lay down vocal takes. Daniel, who lived across the street from the recording space, would often drop by in the middle of the night to fiddle with levels. Finally in May 2008, tracking and mixing was completed.

In Ear Park is a colorful and expansive album, an intimate and personal collection of songs; much of the material that Daniel brought to In Ear Park draws on memories from his childhood, especially those relating to his father, who passed away in 2007 and to whom the album is dedicated (the title track is a nickname for a park in Los Angeles that the two used to visit). Many of Fred’s contributions relate to similar themes of nostalgia and mortality, giving the album at times an elegiac feel. In Ear Park is also full of joyful moments, lush production and concise songwriting.

From the early demos to the final mix, it took roughly four years for the group to complete this new collection of eleven songs. It will be released October 7th on 4AD. It’s called In Ear Park.

Source : Myspace Department Of Eagles

Calidoscopio
Plug

Origine : Argentine
Date de sortie : 2008
Myspace : Calidoscopio

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Sad
Ravens

Le jeune groupe Calidoscopio, fondé en 2007 à Bueno Aires propose un très bel album de chansons simples et éthérées, rehaussées de sons électroniques.
Le minimalisme affiché des chansons contraste avec l’univers parfois angoissant dans lequel nous emmène le duo. Un univers personnels et dense, qui mérite que l’on s’y attarde, puisqu’il offre malgré tout toujours une lueur d’espoir.

Si l’on constate certaines répétitions dans l’utilisation des effets et sons électroniques, notamment dans le traitement des voix, on apprécie la variété des approches proposées : du folk minimal de Sad, à l’accompagnement "techno-industriel" de Suntrance. Twilight mon coup de cœur sur ce disque, offre un mélange plein de sérénité d’accompagnement de guitare et de son électroniques, après un début très abstrait.

Un premier disque d’une grande homogénéité, tout en restant surprenant du début à la fin.

Via : Musique Libre

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Boduf Songs
How Shadows Chase The Balance

Origine : Angleterre
Date de sortie : 29/09/2008
Label : Kranky
Site Officiel : Boduf Songs
Myspace : …
 

Mission Creep
Things Not To Be Done On The Sabbath
Quite When Group

How Shadows Chase The Balance is only the second full-length outing for Matthew Sweet’s Boduf Songs, who sticks closely to the aesthetic blueprint established by his previous outing. Using just one mic and a bedroom-situated recording setup, Southampton dweller Sweet sets about spinning his stoically unadorned, unplugged songs, though manages to avoid any debilitating sense of austerity or sterility by merit of the rundown feel that pervades throughout. For instance, on the beautiful closer ‘Last Glimmer On A Hill At Dusk’ (possibly the finest song in Sweet’s repertoire to date) in addition to the usual twang of half-rusted guitar strings, there’s an intricate banjo part running throughout that locks into the main body of the song to great effect without ever really having to make much of an impact. Similarly, Sweet charges up the atmosphere on his productions by peppering them with simple, yet effective production quirks like an occasional smattering of effects pedal mutations, or a creepy, out of place oscillator drone. The addition of drums also has a massive impact on Sweet’s material: despite the overwhelming gloom ingrained in his vocal, ‘Quite When Group’ becomes something of a pop anthem in the context of this album, punctuating the record with a much needed break from all that taut introversion. Lovely.

Source : BoomKat