Release date: May 25, 2018
Formats: 12″ | CD | Cassette | Digital
Written and performed by Numb.er
Recorded in Los Angeles between 2014-2017
tracklist:
01. Lude (I Need It)
02. Father
03. Numerical Depression
04. Without Bloom
05. State Lines
06. A Memory Stained
07. Hate
08. The Black Bird
09. Again
10. We Hide
Exitmusic
The Decline Of The West FLT-050
Numb.er (pronounced nuhm-er) is the sonic brainchild of photographer and visual artist Jeff Fribourg. With a background in graphic design, Fribourg imbues his work with a sense of architectural composition, layering angular guitar riffs and analog synths over throbbing drums and driving bass.
Fribourg developed his love affair with synthesizers and his open-minded approach to music as a founding member of LA psych-kraut favorites Froth. However, it was only with the creation of Numb.er that he was able to fully explore his eclectic musical inclinations. Combining elements of punk, shoegaze and post-punk, the project never commits to a singular worldview, allowing Fribourg’s vision to go anywhere without sounding ironic or forced.
With the release of Goodbye, the band’s first LP, Numb.er offers a genre-defying sonic document that finds them maximizing the creative potential of the studio while always remaining true to their dynamic and arresting live sound. Mixed and mastered by Mikey Young of Total Control, Goodbye is a tightly crafted debut from one of Los Angeles’ most exciting new band.