Beep prances in fields of abstract flowers.  Mischievous. Mysterious.Intricate, and teasing.  Children’s songs on paintedpages.Fairy tales intone in a comforting, unsettling, hopeful voice.  Planes of sound overlaid and overlapping.  Landscapes unfold under storms of pastel-colored jazz.  Melodies emerge and recede, twist and flow. Rhythms like water spiders, skating over possibilities.  Points of convergence slide and dissolve, reconfigure and drift.  Charting the edges of traveled territory; bringing back artifacts from faraway lands, communications from distant planets.

The Group is a collective made up of bassist Nate Brenner, pianist Michael Coleman, and drummer Sam Ospovat. All three are stalwarts of the Bay Area scene that have honed their interests in diverse projects spanning indie rock, free jazz, and the avant-garde fringe. After the departure of their first drummer Rob Schwartz in 2006, Brenner and Coleman coaxed Ospovat into playing a handful of dates in Los Angeles and San Francisco. These gigs set a new direction for the trio, which has since evolved into the Bay Area’s most eclectically beautiful purveyor of avant-pop. The chemistry in the group is born of friendship and a shared desire to open up new pathways for musical enjoyment