Say Hi To Your Mom Numbers & Mumbles CD

Say Hi to Your Mom's Eric Elbogen only wants to "play pop music of the future" while taking many inspirations from being a witty geek with a soft heart who likes to collect records and wishes that the girl of his dreams would notice him. He nurtures and laughs at being rejected throughout the ten-song indie rock set on Numbers & Mumbles. Fans of Grandaddy, Weezer, and Momus should appreciate Say Hi to Your Mom's almost whimsical demeanor. That's not to say that Elbogen is being a totally capricious on this sophomore effort, but he writes about what he knows and turns it into a kitschy lo-fi storm of calculated synth and organ beats, layered guitar riffs, and hushed monotone vocals. The new wave twitching of "Hooplas Involving Circus Tricks and "But She Beat My High Score" are much more lyrically brawny than the playful "A Hit in Sweden" and the Pixies-like "Your Brains vs. My Tractorbeam." The one thing that's constant throughout Numbers & Mumbles is Elbogen's desire to have as much fun as he possibly can with each song's composition. Whether he's spouting off about Brooklyn hipster kids or swooning over the kissing game or mind trips into space, Say Hi to Your Mom possess a real kind of innocence that his predecessors barely tap into anymore. ~ MacKenzie Wilson

The second record from Brooklyn, New York's Say Hi To Your Mom is a stunning collection of catchy indie pop. Numbers & Mumbles builds on the quirky formula found on 2002's Discosadness, but the new record is often more upbeat than the last, maintaining indie integrity but certainly crammed with hooks. Electric guitars and gurgling synths spatter over indie, pop, punk and rock rhythms. Songs present characters who contemplate spaceships, circus tricks, Brooklyn hipsters, tractor beams, secret decoder rings, kisses, bus trips, Sweden, family quotas, tee-ball, meter maids, futurism, moon bounces and more. But do no mistake the topic nature for a lack of poignancy, the band simply refuses to take itself too seriously. Say Hi's minimalist pop has been compared to Grandaddy, Bright Eyes, Pavement, Radiohead, The Pixies, The Velvet Underground, Momus and others.

Audio Mixer: Eric Elbogen.

Recording information: Bedroooms in Brooklyn, NY & Horth Hollywood, CA.

Unknown Contributor Role: Dan Long.