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| "'No
One Does It Like You' makes us yearn for summer, or at least a warmer
springtime. The way the echo thumps reminds us of concerts at a
county fair band shell, and the golden harmonies make us think of
60s California." "Sorta
goes without saying, but if you dig Grizzly Bear, you're gonna love
this track." "So
deliciously laid back, so warm and easy, so calm & affectionate
that it's hard to find even a lick of frustration." "I
must've listened to this track 50 times over the last few days,
and I remain in awe of the song's throwback production techniques
and gorgeous vocal harmonies." "I'm
convinced Dan's got one of the most strangely satisfying voices
in music today, like Peter Gabriel in the depths of an ether binge
(thanks, HST). His singing and melodic vocal layers always went
well in contrast to Ed Droste's deeper, soothing croon in Grizzly
Bear and here it works just the same, bouncing off the sunny atmospherics
and bouncy percussion. This just might be the first "best song
of Spring." "Department
of Eagles prove trip-hop isn't dead...it's just become a twinkly
folk song in a doo-wop haze" |
"Department
of Eagles make scratchy, low-fi Casio-pop with hooks as big as arena
anthems." "The
world seems a brighter place for their existence." "One
of those rare and perplexing albums which sounds completely different
each of the first three times you hear it, once it gets its hooks
into you, there's no shaking it off." "
Wherever the mysterious Department of Eagles might have come from,
a mercurial new talent has just landed." "Department
of Eagles' magpie instincts are waggish, beguiling and natural."
"Department
of Eagles excel at making oddness into goodness." "My
own personal definition of comfort music: simple songs that can
keep repeating over and over in your mind." |
