Pullin’ ‘Tubes: A Side Of Grizzly Bear

Brooklyn-based indie-rock act Grizzly Bear have been critics’ darlings for the better part of the last decade, releasing three full-length albums of their enchanting brand of lush, psychedelic-tinged folk-pop. After spending significant amounts of time on the road over the last few years, the band’s singer and multi-instrumentalist Daniel Rossen- the guy who’s not Ed Droste – was looking for a way to get his creative juices flowing again, telling Rolling Stone, “When you spend so much time touring around, you can lose perspective on what you’re trying to do. All the sudden, I had no idea what to do or what to make or anything.” Armed with a new batch of songs, Rossen, who also records with his like-minded side-project Department Of Eagles, began recording tracks mostly by himself in a series of rehearsal rooms and small spaces around New York City.

Last Tuesday, Rossen released his solo debut EP Silent Hour / Golden Mile via Warp Records, which also happens to be the home to his full-time band. The five-song set consists of hauntingly stark and deeply personal songs, which is no surprise judging from the emotional head space that Rossen was seemingly in at the time he wrote them. Last week, venerable indie-site Pitchfork released this beautifully shot video of Rossen performing the track Saint Nothing in a church. Let’s check it out…

[via Pitchfork]