Zach Barocas New Freedom Sound, featuring members of Jawbox and Hammered Hulls, will release a new 12-inch release entitled Two Freedoms on August 20th via Sweet Cheetah Records and The Cultural Society. The group is led by Zach Barocas and backed by former Jawbox bandmate, J. Robbins, multi-instrumentalist Mark Cisneros (Hammered Hulls), horn player Lenny Young, and cellist Gordon Withers. Barocas comments:
Ours is spiritual music, in the sense of deriving from our individual spirits, our spiritedness, our personal energies. Our musical interests and influences include Sephardic songs, contemporary classical, Latinx music, free jazz, chamber music, Afro-Cuban rhythms, and popular songs. Our understanding is that these elements combine for and emerge equally from our audience and our desired audience: varied heritage, passion, and openmindedness; a belief that art matters and is capable of creating ecstatic and positive shifts in consciousness. These are the qualities we seek in ourselves and find in each other.
Two Freedoms is a 2-track release that follows the previous releases in the "Freedoms" numbered series consisting of "Fourteenth" and "Twelfth."
