Band of the Week: Department of Eagles

Hometown: Brooklyn, N.Y. Members: Daniel Rossen, Fred Nicolaus Fun Fact: In Ear Park was recorded in an old church in Brooklyn where Grizzly Bear rehearses. "We just set up there right in front of a giant stained glass window, which is kind of cool," explains Nicolaus. "There's a lot of sounds on the record that come from the church, like the sound of a church organ turning on and off and us stomping around on the stairs and the sound of the pigeons that live in the widow. We weren't trying to c...

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