photo by amelia bauer via department of eagles [myspace].

As Andrea mentioned last week [mb], Department of Eagles provides a perfect soundtrack for walking along the waterfront sidewalk beneath Olympic Sculpture Park in this permafoggy weather that has descended on Seattle in between bouts of snow showers. A lot less mystical than Grizzly Bear (Daniel Rossen’s slightly more enfamed band), this duo (the other half is Fred Nicolaus), which sprung from a dorm synth project now still errs on the side of pastoral chamber pop. Touring behind last year’s In Ear Park , they’ll team up with the Cave Singers (Seattleites who work a folksy washboard a whole lot better than you’d expect from Pretty Girls Make Graves or Cobra High alums) for a show at Neumo’s on Wednesday night.

We’ve got a pair of tickets so that one of you charming readers can experience this firsthand. Send a note to seattle.metblogs at gmail.com with “department of eagles” in the subject for a chance to win.

// Department of Eagles, Cave Singers. 8 pm, $13 adv, 28 february. [neumos]