As founding member for Grizzly Bear, Ed Droste has shaped the sound of modern indie music. Across five albums, the American band have layered intricate and nuanced guitar music with choirboy vocals and a lot of heart. Their breakthrough album was Yellow House, but since then they’ve held fans enraptured and toured Australia multiple times over the years. Their latest album is Painted Ruins, a record that came after a five year break from the band.  With Grizzly Bear’s layered music in mind, I gave Ed the theme “songs that unravel.” The mid 90's reigned supreme as the meat in this sandwich, but he really did go all over the place and spoke about the songs he loved as well as the time we're living in, as music fans. From album vs playlist culture, to the risks we take in music, this is a wonderful conversation not only diving into his own collection but his deepest thoughts on the state of the industry. 

Beach House - 'Master of None'

Bjork - 'Army of Me'

Pavement - 'Fight This Generation'

Aaliyah - 'One In A Million'

Adele - 'Rolling In The Deep' (Jamie xx Shuffle)