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In 2006, Grizzly Bear released their breakthrough album, Yellow House. During that time, Rossen and Nicolaus continued to work on tracks, gathering enough material for an album by late 2007. Grizzly Bear's Chris Taylor and Christopher Bear, as well as bassist Nat Baldwin, joined the duo for the sessions, which were completed in the spring of 2008; the resulting album, In Ear Park, was inspired by Rossen's late father and released by 4AD that fall.
Grizzly Bear's ambitious third album, Veckatimest, was released in 2009. In 2010, the Department of Eagles collection, Archive 2003-2006--which included tracks from their aborted sophomore album and pieces that were later used by Grizzly Bear--arrived.
After touring with Grizzly Bear subsided, Rossen quietly began work on a set of songs intended for a new album which he ended up recording largely by himself. The result was the Silent Hour/Golden Mile EP, which Warp Records released in 2012 a few months before the release of Grizzly Bear's latest LP, Shields. Read more about Daniel Rossen on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.