Essays On The Progression Of Man

The New Sound of Numbers are an Athens, GA based band, whose principal player, Hannah Jones, also plays percussion in the second generation Elephant 6 sextet, Circulatory System. Two of these ex-Olivia Tremor Control members (John Fernandes and Will Cullen Hart) return the favor by appearing on Liberty Seeds (most notably, Fernandes’ violin). A visual artist by day, Jones layers each song with swathes of sound, stealing OTC’s found-sound approach, but eschewing their 60s pop sensibilities for a more post-punk methodology. Only “Good Things Are Coming” comes close to OTC’s psychedelia. If you’re looking for the obligatory Elephant 6 comparison, think The Music Tapes avant-garde adventures.