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Nickel Eye is the solo 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 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 was written and produced by Nickel Eye.
It is musically influenced by some of his favorite 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 Ward s
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.