Eric Donald Johnson (born June 7, 1976) is an American singer-songwriter, composer and multi-instrumentalist. He is best known as the leader of the influential folk-rock band
Fruit Bats, and for his frequent collaborations with bands such as
The Shins,
Vetiver and
Califone. He has also scored films, most notably
Our Idiot Brother and
Smashed. In 2014 it was announced he would begin a new solo recording project called EDJ.