A textural guitarist, Chris Rosenau is mostly known for his work in the Milwaukee-based post-rock trio Pele and the emo-pop group Vermont since the late '90s. Those are his most "commercial" projects with releases on Polyvinyl and Kindercore. With Pele drummer Jon Mueller he is active in a number of projects including Collections of Colonies of Bees, Telecognac, and Raccoons, all with releases on Crouton, a label he co-directs.
Rosenau picked up the electric guitar as a teenager. His only formal training consisted of two weeks of private lessons, at which point he simply bega...