Silent Hour; Golden Mile

Description

Having written some of Grizzly Bear and Department of Eagles’ most critically acclaimed songs, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Daniel Rossen shares a brand-new collection of songs on his first solo release Silent Hour/Golden Mile. Productions from a musician you already know, but which reveal a heart you may not have suspected in him. Rossen recorded almost all of Silent Hour / Golden Mile entirely on his own in rehearsal rooms and small spaces in New York. From the sighing strings and surging percussion of opening track Up on High to the guitar mosaics and one-man choir of Return to Form, Rossen has been both instigator and performer. He did, however, enlist Scott Hirsch on guitar and Ian Davis and Kris Nolte for the horn arrangements; for the propulsive drumming on the final track, Eric Slick (Dr. Dog) deserves credit. Appropriately, the EP takes its name from its final track, Golden Mile, a gem that tempers its lyrical sadness with excellent rhythms and haunting guitars. “For a Silent Hour, for a Golden Mile,” sings Rossen, moving immediately from past hardships to the infinite and unknown future. “There's bliss in this mess. There's madness all around.”