Grizzly Bear is a Brooklyn-based indie rock band on Warp Records.
Grizzly Bear consists of Daniel Rossen (songwriting/guitar), Ed Droste (songwriting/guitar), Chris Taylor (clarinet/production) and Christopher Bear (drums). The band employs traditional and electronic instruments, ranging from a recorder to a laptop, and all four members contribute vocals. Their sound is categorized as experimental rock, folk rock, or just indie rock, and is most dominated by the use of acoustic guitars. Rossen is also a member of the duo Department of Eagles.
Grizzly Bear's 2004 debut album, Horn of Plenty, features myriad sounds and layering of voices. It was largely the solo effort of Droste and predates the formation of the band, which has been dubbed anti-folk, freak folk, lo-fi, or just indie rock. Rolling Stone magazine wrote of the first album that "The pure atmospheric power of the songs is more than enough to hypnotize." In 2005, the band re-released the album with an additional disc of remixes by Solex, The Double, Castanets, and others.
Their first record as a quartet and to feature material written by Rossen, Yellow House, was released on Warp Records in September 2006. It was named for Droste's mother's house where it was recorded and ranked as one of the top 2006 albums by the New York Times and Pitchfork Media. In 2007, Rossen recorded a cover of JoJo's single "Too Little Too Late" for Droste's twenty-ninth birthday .
Also in 2007, the band released Friend (EP), which featured outtakes, alternate versions of songs, and covers of Grizzly Bear material done by Cansei de Ser Sexy, Band of Horses, and Atlas Sound. On March 1, 2008, Grizzly Bear performed with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra .
