Thenewno2 (as in “the new No. 2,” a line borrowed from TV’s The Prisoner) is a London/Los Angeles based group led by singer/guitarist Dhani Harrison, Paul Hicks (keyboards/programming), Jonathan Sadoff (keyboards/guitar), Jeremy Faccone (guitar), Nick Fyffe (bass), and Frank Zummo (drums). Since its inception, Harrison has tirelessly expanded thenewno2 as an art collective. Along with designing all its own packaging and artwork, thenewno2 directs its own videos (including the wonderfully trippy “Another John Doe,” from their 2009 debut You Are Here).

September 16th, the band will release their second full-length album, thefearofmissingout. (COOKCD570) Employing a combination of live and programmed instruments and adding in obscure samples to create an intricate collage of electronica sounds, the sonic textures in thefearofmissingout were enhanced by Harrison as well as guest vocalists RZA, Ben Harper, The Black Knights, Thorunn Antonia (Fields, Beck’s Record Club) and Holly Marilyn (The Child).
The album was produced by pHD, the moniker for band members and Grammy Award winners Dhani Harrison and Paul Hicks, and recorded in both Los Angeles and London.

Employing a combination of live and programmed instruments and adding in obscure samples to create an intricate collage of electronica sounds, the sonic textures in thefearofmissingout are enhanced by Harrison, as well as guest vocalists RZA, Ben Harper, The Black Knights, Thorunn Antonia (Fields, Beck’s Record Club) and Holly Marilyn (The Child).

The fear of missing out is the title and driving concept behind the album. To Harrison, everything in life boils down to FOMO. “Everyone suffers from it in a different way,’ he says. “We all have a fear of missing out on something.” The result is an album with a multitude of themes, including avoiding change and of course fears.