| NEWS
July 29, 2008:
Sadly, we are losing our drummer Phil Matthews to the wiles of Georgetown academia. We need a new drummer. Got any ideas?
May
22, 2008
I
kept meaning to tell you, but N&L is featured in the online
series "The All-For-Nots."
You can hear "Wading" in the episode entitled "Woodstock"
and "Dark Adam" somewhere else, apparently.
May
7, 2008
Recently
recorded some vocals on James
Apollo's forthcoming EP. And now the dude wants me to go
and sing with him at Union Pool on May 21! Then he moves to
Seattle. That blows. Come catch him before he leaves!
April
27, 2008
Because
he is a gentleman and scholar, Aaron Williamson helped set up
a guestbook
for all you fine folks who have a hand-numbered CD.
April
16, 2008
YOU
DAMNED MONSTERS. You and all of your friends made our CD release
really really special. We literally ran out of CDs to give out,
so I guess we'll have to make more. If your friends want a CD,
just tell me.
Really. It's that easy. Thank you a million times for making
this the best show of N&L's existence.
April
13, 2008
We
release our self-titled, self-released effort, our first record
ever, tonight at the Mercury Lounge. Bring all of your friends.
March
21, 2008
Today
is Good Friday,
two days before Easter. Here's a
song I wrote to meditate on the day; I hope you enjoy it.
Feb.
13 , 2008:
Friends,
thank you muchly for your support at our last show at Pianos.
It was pretty much the best birthday ever. We had a great turnout
and even some good
press!
Jan.
18, 2008
Numbers
And Letters is on Facebook
now!
Jan.
7, 2008:
Katie
is singing a song or two with James
Apollo at his gig on Thursday, Jan. 10 at the Living
Room (upstairs) in New York. Show's free and James said
he'll shake your hand vigorously if you come check it out.
Dec.
21, 2007:
Happy
holidays! Check
out N&L's recording of "Little
Drummer Boy" and all-original "Alleluia Anyway."
They're free and drumtastic! (I totally just said that!) What
will you bring to the manger, eh?
We've
finished recording. Eric Feigenbaum is mixing it as we "speak."
BIO
True Americana doesn't often come via New York, but that's exactly
what Numbers And Letters has emerged with, spurred on from years
of songwriting, drinking, church-attending, pool-playing and
living in the former industrial wasteland that is north Brooklyn.
Fronted by singer/songwriter Katie Hasty, Numbers And Letters'
songs are sparse, lush and sad, with a tinge of hope that comes
from growing up in a flat, quiet place.
From the suburbs of Kansas City, Hasty moved to Chicago for
college. But it wasn’t until 2004, when she left for New
York to work as a music editor at Billboard magazine, that Hasty
started began playing guitar and writing songs. After years
of studying opera, classical piano and choral music, she abandoned
her traditional background. "I wanted to start doing lean,
contemporary songs. I wanted to make pop songs that had a definite
start and finish," she says.
Numbers And Letters was a project formed from her songwriting
and, after a time of rotating through different casts of characters,
a band was formed of some constants. Guitarist/noisemaker Clifton
Hyde has played with an eclectic array of acts like Sigur Ros,
Mandy Moore and Lou Reed, guitarist Joe Lops cut his teeth in
a number of projects in Portland, Maine including Extendo-Ride
and Cult Maze before moving to New York. Drummer Phil Matthews
has performed for over a dozen years and bassist Tom Mayer has
played with more than a few New York acts, including the Flanks.
Armed
with a notebook at all times to jot down lyrics as they strike,
Hasty pulls from the spirit of acts like Emmylou Harris, M.
Ward, Califone, Nick Drake, Ryan Adams, Will Oldham, Feist and
Nina Nastasia. For Numbers And Letters’ debut self-titled
EP, Hasty has highlighted five songs she feels are the culmination
of the past four years’ work. "Most are relationship-driven,
made-up memories, friendships, loss, reflection... about God,
faith, death and sex," she says. "I pick a topic and
find the my best or least favorite memory of it to lock it into
that theme."
"Numbers
And Letters" was recorded by Sammy Rubin (beatmaster for
Project
Jenny, Project Jan) throughout 2007 at Music
For Picture in Manhattan. Eric
Feigenbaum (Gordon Gano, Lowry) mixed it. All credits can
be found here. "Numbers And
Letters"was released April 13, 2008.
By
Molly Brown
PRESS
Please
consult N&L's
MySpace blog, where we keep all that stuff.
CONTACT
info
at numbersandlettersmusic dot com
For all booking, promo, music, web, legal, licensing,
radio and baking inquiries.
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SHOWS
Getting a new drummer! Stay tuned.
MUSIC
  Release:
Numbers And Letters (self-titled), April
13, 2008
Credits
Ghost
Dark Adam
Wading
It's Dead
Live and Die Lullaby
 Release:
"Good Friday,"
March 2008
Listen:
Good Friday page
 Release:
"Little Drummer Boy"
and "Alleluia Anyway,"
December 2007
Listen:
Merry Christmas 2007 page
PHOTOS
(click
on thumbnails for higher resolution versions)
MYSPACE
FACEBOOK
REVERBNATION
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