NEW NOISE: Crystal Stilts, Department of Eagles
By EileenThursday, November 6th, 2008
Crystal Stilts
Alight of Night
Slumberland
Alight of Night is the debut album by Brooklyn’s Crystal Stilts. The huge amount of recent buzz about Crystal Stilts is well-deserved; they have a unique sound that blends minimal post-punk (Velvets go to Dunedin by way of Manchester) with a classicist guitar twang and radiant pop appeal that would not sound out of place on an early Mary Chain b-side. Way more than just a sum of cool influences, the Stilts have managed to forge something new and vital from timeless chunks of rock’s primordial source material. Alight of Night is a brilliant album full of mystery, fuzz, croon, twang, throb and oh those tunes. An absolute corker.
www.crystalstilts.com
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Department of Eagles
In Ear Park
4AD
In Ear Park
4AD
For fans of Grizzly Bear, this is a must have album. Department of Eagles is a band formed by Grizzly Bear’s Paul Rossen and his NYU dorm roommate Fred Nicolaus. During their spring ‘08 semester, they put together a few songs described as “What DJ Shadow’s retarded little brother would sound like” – cute, right? Nevertheless, a small record company in California picked up the band and The Whitey on the Moon UK LP was born (aka The Cold Nose). The band took a hiatus when Rossen joined Grizzly Bear, but this release marks Department of Eagles’ welcome return.
www.departmentofeagles.com
www.departmentofeagles.com
