Numbers And Letters is a full band, a product of frontwoman Katie Hasty's songwriting. Operating out of Brooklyn, N.Y., the Kansas native most often collaborates with guitarist Joe Lops (Maine's Extendo-Ride, Cult Maze), multi-instrumentalist Clifton Hyde (live with Lou Reed, Sigur Ros, Blue Man Group), multi-instrumentalist Justin Keller (The Gregory Brothers, Land of Leland) and upright bassist Peter Maness (Sly Blue, Tin Pan).
Since 2006, the alt-country/folk-pop/Americana group has performed at NYC's best-loved local venues, including Mercury Lounge, Living Room, Rockwood Music Hall, Union Pool and Union Hall. To date, N&L has released a self-titled EP, a Christmas single for each year and is currently crafting its debut full-length album.
"Numbers And Letters," as a CD, is given away for free or pay-what-you want. Every single cover to each CD is handmade, hand-numbered and 100% unique; nearly 1,000 CDs are now out in the ether this way. All materials in their making comes from recycled or partly-recycled product.
Hasty continues to write as managing editor at HitFix.com, spent years as columnist and reporter at Billboard and has freelanced as a critic since she was 17. She's not always gentle, and doesn't expect others to be either. Her dark folk-pop/Americana wails and melodies are made inside of churches and religious choirs, pool halls, bars, campgrounds and other quiet flat places.
