It was commissioned by Eaux Claires Festival and made its world premiere in 2015 where it served as the official starting point of the festival on both Friday and Saturday. Forever Love marked a live performance reunion for the Dessner twins and Kjartansson, as both artists had previously collaborated on a six-hour video work, A Lot of Sorrow, which documents The National performing their three and a half minute song, "Sorrow," for six hours in front of a live audience at MoMA PS1. Bryce first crossed paths with Kronos Quartet in 2009 when the ensemble's founder David Harrington approached him about composing a piece for their performance at the Celebrate Brooklyn! festival in Brooklyn's Prospect Park. The piece that Bryce wrote, "Aheym", (meaning "homeward" in Yiddish), was inspired by the stories of his Jewish immigrant grandparents who settled near the park when they arrived in Brooklyn. In 2011, Bryce was commissioned by Kronos Quartet to compose a piece for the Barbican Centre's "Reverberations: The Influence of Steve Reich" festival in London. That piece, "Tenebre", is based on the traditional Holy Week service in which 15 candles are gradually extinguished. Bryce, in his own words, "inverts the service" drawing the listener from darkness into light. "Tenebre" premiered May 7, 2011 at LSO St. Luke's and featured the pre-recorded vocals of Sufjan Stevens. Bryce continues to work with Kronos, recently writing and dedicating "Little Blue Something" (2012) to them. The piece was inspired by the music of Irena and Vojtech Havel, who blend early music with Czech folk music. It was premiered by Kronos on May 31, 2012 at the Ensems Festival in Valencia, Spain. On March 17, 2016 Bryce and Aaron Dessner announced "Day of the Dead", a charity tribute album to the Grateful Dead released by 4AD on May 20, 2016. "Day of the Dead" was created, curated and produced by Bryce and Aaron. 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. All profits are helping to fight for AIDS/ HIV and related health issues around the world through the Red Hot Organization. "Day of the Dead" is the follow up to 2009's "Dark Was The Night" (4AD), a 32-track, multi-artist compilation also produced by Aaron and Bryce for Red Hot.