Ed Droste

{{Infobox musical artist

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| name = Ed Droste

| image = Droste - Cbgbfest1.jpg

| caption = Droste performing in 2013

| birth_name = Edward Droste

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1978|10|22}}

| birth_place = Massachusetts, U.S.

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| genre = {{hlist|Indie rock|indie folk}}

| occupations = {{hlist|Singer|songwriter|musician}}

| instruments = {{hlist|Vocals|guitar|keyboards}}

| years_active = 2002–2020

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| past_member_of = Grizzly Bear

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Edward Droste (born October 22, 1978) is an American singer-songwriter, licensed therapist, and musician, formerly of the rock band Grizzly Bear. The group began as the solo effort of Droste with the release of 2004's Horn of Plenty, originally released on Kanine Records. All songs were written and performed by Droste. By 2005, the group expanded into a four-piece, with Droste still as a contributing songwriter. He left the group in 2020.{{cite web |title=Ed Droste's Got To Be Real About His Harvest Bowl |url=https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-31-ed-drostes-got-to-be-real-about-his-harvest-bowl/id1474546097?i=1000467208494 |website=Lunch Therapy}}

Early life

Droste was born in Massachusetts, the son of Diana (née Forbes) and Bruce F. Droste.{{cite news |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/boston/access/28636603.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Apr+14%2C+1998&author=Nathan+Cobb%2C+Globe+Staff&pub=Boston+Globe&desc=LIVE+WIRED+INTENSE+EDUCATOR+BRUCE+DROSTE+IS+JUICED+OVER+HIS+NEW+VENTURE%2C+THE+ON-LINE+VIRTUAL+HIGH+SCHOOL&pqatl=google |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130201022938/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/boston/access/28636603.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Apr+14,+1998&author=Nathan+Cobb,+Globe+Staff&pub=Boston+Globe&desc=LIVE+WIRED+INTENSE+EDUCATOR+BRUCE+DROSTE+IS+JUICED+OVER+HIS+NEW+VENTURE,+THE+ON-LINE+VIRTUAL+HIGH+SCHOOL&pqatl=google |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 1, 2013 |title=Live Wired Intense Educator Bruce Droste Is Juiced Over His New Venture, The On-Line Virtual High School |publisher=Pqasb.pqarchiver.com |date=April 14, 1998 |access-date=April 4, 2013 |first=Nathan |last=Cobb }} His maternal grandfather was conductor and musicologist Elliot Forbes.{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/14/arts/14forbes.html?_r=0 | work=The New York Times | first=Daniel J. | last=Wakin | title=Elliot Forbes, 88, a Scholar Whose Specialty Was Beethoven, Dies | date=January 14, 2006}} Through his mother's Forbes line, he is related to singer China Forbes.{{cite news|author=Music |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/3672840/The-Pink-Martini-girl-gets-serious.html |title=The Pink Martini girl gets serious |newspaper=Telegraph |date=April 24, 2008 |access-date=April 4, 2013 |location=London}}

He attended elementary school at Shady Hill School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where his mother is a music teacher, and high school at Concord Academy in Concord, Massachusetts. He attended high school with Refinery29 founder Philippe von Borries.{{Cite web |date=August 27, 2014 |title=Mile Runner: Grizzly Bear Singer Ed Droste Goes to His Little Red House on Cape Cod |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/mile-runner-grizzly-bear-ed-droste-cape-cod |access-date=July 16, 2022 |website=Vogue |language=en-US}} He attended Hampshire College for one year in 1999 before transferring to and graduating from New York University's Gallatin School of Individualized Study in 2003.

Career

Droste began composing and performing songs on a solo basis as Grizzly Bear, releasing the album Horn of Plenty in 2004, with some contributions from drummer Christopher Bear. The two then joined with Chris Taylor, and eventually Daniel Rossen, to form the current four-piece band.Moody, Rick. [http://bombsite.com/issues/112/articles/3522 "Edward Droste"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110624084755/http://bombsite.com/issues/112/articles/3522 |date=June 24, 2011 }}, BOMB Magazine, Summer, 2010. Retrieved August 1, 2011.

In a 2020 episode of Lunch Therapy, Droste announced that he left Grizzly Bear to become a therapist.

In 2023, Droste started his own independent practice as an associate therapist in Los Angeles.[https://pitchfork.com/news/grizzly-bears-ed-droste-is-now-a-therapist/], Pitchfork", August 22, 2023.

Other musical collaborations

April 2007 – Edward appeared as a guest vocalist on "To a Fault" from Dntel's fourth album, Dumb Luck, released on Sub Pop Records.
September 2007 – Edward sang with Beirut in the video for their song "Cliquot" for La Blogothèque's video series.{{cite web|url=http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3250a_beirut-cliquot-from-the-flying-club_music |title=Watch here |publisher=Dailymotion.com |date=September 25, 2007 |access-date=April 4, 2013}}
March 2008 – Edward joined Owen Pallett to cover Björk's "Possibly Maybe" for Stereogum{{'}}s tribute to Björk's album, Post.{{cite web|url=http://stereogum.com/bjork/ |title=Enjoyed: A Tribute to Post |website=Stereogum |date=July 16, 2008 |access-date=April 4, 2013}}
February 2011 – Edward collaborated on the song "I'm Losing Myself" with Fleet Foxes frontman Robin Pecknold in Los Angeles.{{cite web |url=https://newmusicunited.com/2011/03/07/robin-pecknold-im-losing-myself-feat-ed-droste-from-grizzly-bear-2011/ |title=Robin Pecknold - I'm Losing Myself (Feat Ed Droste from Grizzly Bear) (2011) |date=March 7, 2011 |website=New Music United |access-date=June 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110314215849/https://newmusicunited.com/2011/03/07/robin-pecknold-im-losing-myself-feat-ed-droste-from-grizzly-bear-2011/ |archive-date=March 14, 2011}}
May 2016 – Edward and Little Joy's Binki Shapiro collaborated on a cover of the Grateful Dead song "Loser" for the Grateful Dead tribute album Day of the Dead.{{cite web|url=http://pigeonsandplanes.com/2016/05/ed-droste-and-binki-shapiro-cover-the-grateful-dead/ |title=Listen to Ed Droste and Binki Shapiro's Cover of the Grateful Dead's "Loser" |publisher=pigeonsandplanes.com |access-date=June 6, 2016}}
July 15, 2016 – Edward appeared as a guest at Montreux Jazz Festival to cover "Go" with Woodkid
April 2017 – Edward collaborated on the duet "Faultline" with singer DEDE and producers Kingdom and Tim K on the label Fresh Selects{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/73049-grizzly-bears-ed-droste-kingdom-join-dede-for-new-song-faultline-listen/ |title=Grizzly Bear's Ed Droste, Kingdom Join DEDE for New Song "Faultline" |website=Pitchfork |date=April 27, 2017 |access-date=April 27, 2017}}
June 2019 – Fresh Selects releases a remix of DEDE and Ed's duet "Faultline" by Honey Dijon and Tim K
October 2020 - Featured on the single "For the Sky" by Haerts

Personal life

Droste came out as gay when he was 21 years old.{{Cite web |date=June 24, 2016 |title=Why Are So Many Rock Stars Still in the Closet? |url=https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a45827/ed-droste-gay-musicians/ |access-date=October 17, 2023 |website=Esquire |language=en-US}}

Droste was married from 2011 to 2014.{{cite web |url=http://bandofthebes.typepad.com/bandofthebes/2012/01/grizzly-bears-ed-droste-marries-chad-mcphail.html |title=Grizzly Bear's ed Droste Marries Chad McPhail |website=bandofthebes.typepad.com |access-date=January 8, 2011}}{{cite magazine |last1=Martin |first1=Andrew|date=December 16, 2011 |title=Grizzly Bear Returning Full-Time In 2012 |magazine=Complex|url=http://www.complex.com/music/2011/12/grizzly-bear-returning-full-time-in-2012}}{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/edwarddroste/status/496510375106342912 |title=I don't want to have this be a narrative for the next album, so I'm saying here briefly that I'm amicably and lovingly divorcing my husband |last=Droste |first=Edward |date=August 4, 2014 |website=Twitter |access-date=June 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140821025058/https://twitter.com/edwarddroste/status/496510375106342912 |archive-date=August 21, 2014}}

Droste has mentioned his struggles with tinnitus on several occasions.{{cite web |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/mile-runner-grizzly-bear-ed-droste-travel-adventures |title=Mile Runner: Grizzly Bear Singer Ed Droste's Mileage Run Ends in Tucson |work=Vogue |date=July 11, 2014 |access-date=January 2, 2020 |author=Droste, Ed}}{{cite web |url=https://genius.com/1061012 |title=Speak In Rounds Lyrics |work=Genius |date=February 12, 2015 |access-date=January 2, 2020 |author=Droste, Ed}}{{cite web |url=https://genius.com/3287219 |title=gun-shy Lyrics |work=Genius |date=February 12, 2015 |access-date=January 2, 2020 |author=Droste, Ed}}