Produced by bass guitarist and multi-instrumentalist Chris Taylor, the album's title refers to vocalist Ed Droste's mother's house where the majority of recording took place.

[4] The album is the first to feature both Taylor and vocalist and guitarist Daniel Rossen, and received critical acclaim upon its release, significantly increasing the band's exposure.

The songs [on Horn of Plenty] were quite simple and open ended so it left a lot of room for interpretation, which was great because it allowed us to get a band sound happening and working on a very reactionary level.

"[6] With the four-piece band line-up in place, Grizzly Bear began recording at Ed Droste's mother's house on Cape Cod in July 2006,[1] with bassist and multi-instrumentalist Chris Taylor adopting the role of producer.

Drummer Christopher Bear stated, "A lot of the stuff we'd end up recording was really late at night, after voices had really warmed up, or after properly loosening up at our religious cocktail hour.

As he explained in an interview with Pitchfork Media: Well, the whole "Marla" story of my great aunt being this failed musician that dies at an early age in the 1940s was, basically, I got this CD a few years ago from the last remaining sibling of hers, who had finally decided to transfer this stuff to disc.

In 2012, vocalist and guitarist Daniel Rossen reflected on its release, stating, "When we finished Yellow House, we were so young and so excited about the first record we made as the four of us.

All tracks are written by Christopher Bear, Edward Droste, Daniel Rossen, Chris Taylor, except where notedThe following people contributed to Yellow House:[21] Additional musicians Recording personnel Artwork From 2007 to 2011, Adult Swim used several songs from Yellow House as background music for bumpers, including "Reprise",[22] "Little Brother",[23] "On a Neck, On a Spit",[24] "Central and Remote",[25] "Plans",[26] and "Easier".