"[1] Prior to performing in The National, Devendorf worked as a book publisher for Soho Press: "[It was] in the midst of the dot-com bubble and all that high-flying what-have-you, I was sifting through piles of manuscripts, looking for gold.

He is a member of LNZNDRF, a collaboration between Bryan, his brother Scott Devendorf and Ben Lanz (who has played on the road and in the studio with The National, and also with Beirut).

Their eponymous debut was recorded in a church in Cincinnati over two and a half days and contains eight songs, all of which were improvised and edited down from 30 plus minute jams.

On August 5, 2016 the band released Green Roses, with a running time of just over 25 minutes, the two-track single is backed with ‘Salida'.

He is also a member of Pfarmers, an experimental supergroup, which also includes Danny Seim (Menomena, Lackthereof), and Dave Nelson (Sufjan Stevens, St.

The compilation is a wide-ranging tribute to the songwriting and experimentalism of the Dead which took four years to record, features over 60 artists from varied musical backgrounds, 59 tracks and is almost 6 hours long.

Of the 59 tracks on the compilation, many feature a house band made up of Bryan and Scott Devendorf as well as fellow The National bandmates Aaron and Bryce Dessner, Josh Kaufman (who co-produced the project), and Conrad Doucette along with Sam Cohen and Walter Martin.

In an email to Cherry Tree members,[further explanation needed] the album is described as "Like the best of Spacemen 3, Sparklehorse or massively underrated San Fran band Skygreen Leopards—the music makes you queasy in one movement and lulls you into blissmode in the next.