In 1988, Britt Daniel formed his first band, The Zygotes, while in high school. In 1990, while a student at the
University of Texas at Austin, Daniel formed his second band, Skellington, with Travis Hartnett, Mac Stringfellow, Paul Cannon, and Mike Hurewitz. The following year, Daniel joined a three-piece
rockabilly band named
The Alien Beats with Brad Shenfeld. When
The Alien Beats disbanded in 1993, he decided to focus his music career on solo material that he had written over the previous years - songs that were more experimental and unfit for the styles of bands that he had previously played. Rather than releasing them under his proper name, Daniel decided to release them under the
pseudonym Drake Tungsten. His first such album,
Clocking Out Is For Suckers, was released in 1994 on cassette, and was distributed around his home town of
Austin, Texas. Two years later, Tungsten released the five-song
EP Six Pence for the Sauces on local label
Peek-A-Boo Records. Also in 1996, Daniel began working again with drummer
Jim Eno (previously from The Alien Beats) and began writing music under the moniker
Spoon. in 2006
Divine Fits From 2011 to 2013, Daniel was involved in a new band called
Divine Fits, consisting of members from Spoon,
Wolf Parade and New Bomb Turks. The group's debut,
A Thing Called Divine Fits, was released on August 28, 2012 through Merge Records. The first single from the album, "My Love Is Real", was released on July 10, 2012.
Collaborations • In 1999, Daniel played bass for two gigs in the
glam rock supergroup Golden Millennium, composed of fellow
Peek-A-Boo Records labelmates. • In 2002, Daniel worked with
Bright Eyes on the fourth volume of
Post-Parlo's
Home Series. • In 2002, Daniel recorded bass, keyboards and backing vocals on the first Sally Crewe & The Sudden Moves album, "Drive It Like You Stole It" (12XU). • Daniel has produced songs for the bands
I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness and
Interpol. • In 2004, Daniel remixed
Interpol's "
Slow Hands", which appears on the "Slow Hands" single. • He previously worked as a sound designer and composer for the computer game company
Origin Systems. • In 2006, Daniel teamed up with Brian Reitzell and helped create some of the original music for the film
Stranger Than Fiction. • He also appeared in the
Veronica Mars episode "
Rashard and Wallace Go to White Castle", air date February 1, 2006, in which he sang a karaoke version of
Elvis Costello's "Veronica". • In 2009, he produced the
White Rabbits album ''
It's Frightening''. • In 2014, he collaborated with
Chipotle Mexican Grill on a viral marketing campaign for the album,
They Want My Soul. • In 2015, he collaborated with Austin band Sweet Spirit on the song "Have Mercy" and a cover of
Spoon's Paper Tiger. • On 5 May 2018, Daniel appeared on
NPR's news quiz show ''
Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!'' for the regular celebrity question segment "Not My Job". • In 2022, he sings harmonies with
Conrad Keely on the song "Growing Divide" by the band
...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead, from the album
XI: Bleed Here Now. == Discography ==