Daniel Rossen is a songwriter, singer and multi-instrumentalist for Grizzly Bear, Department of Eagles, and as a solo artist. He was born in Los Angeles on August 5, 1982. He started making music in high school by experimenting with samples and drum loops and recording them to cassette tape, which culminated in his first releases with Fred Nicolaus as Department of Eagles in the early 2000s. He began writing songs on guitar in college in New York. In 2004, Rossen joined Grizzly Bear for their first U.S. tour and began contributing songs to their live show. Meanwhile in 2005, a collection of Department of Eagles' early works, The Cold Nose, was issued by the U.K. label Melodic. The following year, Grizzly Bear released their breakthrough album, Yellow House. Rossen and Nicolaus continued to trade demos and in 2007 they began recording a new album along with Grizzly Bear's Chris Taylor and Christopher Bear, and bassist Nat Baldwin; the resulting album, In Ear Park, was released by 4AD that fall. In 2009, Grizzly Bear's third album, Veckatimest, was released. In 2010, the Department of Eagles rarities collection Archive 2003-2006 arrived on American Dust. After his touring duties with Grizzly Bear subsided, Rossen began work on a set of songs recording largely by himself. The result was the Silent Hour/Golden Mile EP, which Warp released early in 2012.