Nickel Eye - The Time Of The Assassins (2009)

Nickel Eye is the side project of The Strokes bassist Nikolai Fraiture.

When The Strokes hiatus began taking longer than expected, Nikolai reached into
an old shoebox of poems and rants written years ago. With his free time, he
began adapting them to music. Enlisting the help of South, a UK band introduced
to him by a friend, Nickel Eye recorded some demos at South Studios in Hackney,
London. With some guest appearances by Nick Zinner of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and
Regina Spektor, The Time of the Assassins was completed a few months later in
New York City. The album is written and produced by Nickel Eye. It is musically
inspired by some of his favourite artists, such as Neil Young, Frank Black,
Leonard Cohen and The Kinks and will be released January 27th, 2009 on Rykodisc.
The artwork is reminiscent of Lynd Wards Gods Man, a collection of woodcuts
considered to be one of the first graphic novels. The lyrics and theme for The
Time of the Assassins found their impetus during a road trip across the United
States of America when Nikolai was nineteen.

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