Pitchfork gave Department of Eagles' Archive 2003-2006 a glowing 8.1 review. Featuring tracks recorded between the band's debut The Cold Nose and their breakthrough In Ear Park, and around the time member Daniel Rossen recorded the classic Yellow House with his other band Grizzly Bear, Archive is, in Pitchfork's words, "a document rich with revelatory moments and educatory touchstones-- but as an album, it functions even better." They got it just right in our estimation, and again in the review's conclusory statement: "Even when they don't mean to, Rossen and Nicolaus come off as impeccably having their shit together."
Archive 2003-2006 is available now.
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