Daniel Rossen - You Belong There (2022)

Debut solo album from songwriter and Grizzly Bear
multi-instrumentalist / vocalist Daniel Rossen - even if you’re
not familiar with the name you’ll likely know his voice.
Trading lead vocals with bandmate Ed Droste, Rossen’s band
Grizzly Bear became leaders for a late-aughts wave of Brooklyn
transplants bringing their introspective bedroom pop to the
masses. With a trembling delivery, Rossen and co. similarly
dealt out heady, ornate songs that eventually featured in
nationwide commercials and movie trailers.

That being said, Daniel Rossen hasn’t lived in Brooklyn for a
number of years now. Since 2017’s Painted Ruins, Grizzly Bear
have appeared to be in hibernation aside from Droste’s departure
in 2020 to become a therapist. As life charged onward, Rossen
decamped to Sante Fe and began reflecting a lot more on
individuality. Namely, after years of being a part of a
successful collective, he saw the need to define himself "after
the restless enthusiasm and public fanfare of his 20s and early
30s.” The result is You Belong There, Rossen’s debut solo album
that sounds as reflective and searching as its title suggests.

Heralded by lead single ‘Shadow In The Frame’, the thorny twists
and turns that defined Rossen’s work with Grizzly Bear return on
his first solo outing, but with a new sense of urgency at the
wheel. Taking up cello and woodwinds along with relearning the
upright bass, Rossen assembles a jittery, yet stunning orchestra
as he contends with his mortality on ‘Shadow in the Frame.’
Existential uncertainty weighs heavily on the sparser moments as
found in 'You Belong There'.

The talented Daniel Rossen allows his songwriting to take centre
stage, crafting an ornate album following a period of reflective
self-discovery.