Daniel Rossen

Daniel Raphael Rossen (born August 5, 1982) is an American singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He is best known as the guitarist and co-lead vocalist of the indie rock band Grizzly Bear, with whom he has recorded four studio albums. Rossen is also one half of the duo Department of Eagles with Fred Nicolaus.

Rossen released his debut solo album, You Belong There, in 2022, which was preceded by an EP, Silent Hour/Golden Mile (2012), ten years earlier.

Rossen and his Grizzly Bear bandmate Christopher Bear composed the music for the 2023 Academy Award-nominated film, Past Lives.^[1] That same year, he scored the music for Ethan Berger film, The Line.

Originally from Los Angeles, Rossen moved to attend New York University. Rossen is the grandchild of filmmaker Robert Rossen.^[2][3]

As a student at the university, Rossen formed the Department of Eagles with roommate Fred Nicolaus in 2001. The duo then released two 7" singles and an album, The Whitey on the Moon UK, on Isota Records.^[4]

Rossen concurrently went on to join Grizzly Bear in 2005. He joined the group for their second album, Yellow House.^[5]

Department of Eagles released their second record In Ear Park in October 2008. The album featured fellow Grizzly Bear bandmates Chris Taylor and Christopher Bear of Grizzly Bear, with Taylor co-producing. The album was dedicated to Rossen's late father, with whom Rossen shared memories of going to the titular park.^[6]

In 2012, Rossen released a solo EP, Silent Hour/Golden Mile. Rossen would embark on a belated tour for the EP in 2014 due to commitments to Grizzly Bear's fourth album, Shields, released the same year as the EP. Rossen released the 12" singleDeerslayer for Record Store Day 2018, though the song has been in circulation since his 2014 solo tour,^[7] and was quietly released in 2017 via his website.^[8]

في عام ٢٠١٩، نشر روسن مقاطع موسيقية من ألبومه المنفرد الأول المحتمل على صفحته في إنستغرام. وفي عام ٢٠٢١، واصل روسن الترويج للألبوم عبر إنستغرام، وأكد كريستوفر بير مشاركته فيه عبر حسابه الخاص على إنستغرام.

قدّم روسن في عام 2020 أغنيةً بدون عنوان ضمن حفل "فوت ريدي" المباشر، والذي تضمن موسيقى من بير، بالإضافة إلى أداء منفرد. وظهر روسن في ألبوم "شور" ، الألبوم الرابع لفرقة فليت فوكسز ، حيث ساهم في الأغنية قبل الأخيرة، مرة أخرى مع بير الذي عزف على الطبول والإيقاع في جميع أغاني الألبوم باستثناء خمس أغنيات. ^{[ 9 ]}

في 20 يناير 2022، أعلن روسن عن ألبومه المنفرد الأول " You Belong There" ، الذي صدر في 8 أبريل 2022، ورافقه جولة منفردة في أمريكا الشمالية وأوروبا. ^{[ 10 ]} كما قام روسن وبير بتأليف موسيقى فيلم " Past Lives " الذي عُرض عام 2023. ^{[ 11 ]}