A surprisingly concordant blend of mathematical polyrhythms, minimalist glitch samplings, and sweetly tinkling keyboard and xylophone melodies, D Numbers occupy a very weird space between headphone electronica and angular, Tortoise-esque post-rock. Don't be surprised if the Santa Fe-based trio somehow lulls you into a daze and pulls you onto the dance floor in one swoop.
-suzanne niemoth - flavorpill.com


Paul Groetzinger's live drums supplied a time signature from outer space, while Ben Wright's guitar work grooved like Chris Squire on three kinds of acid and four kinds of funk. It was the strangest dance music I've ever heard. Seventy percent of the room couldn't help but rock their torsos in synchronicity with the trio; the other 30 percent, the musicians who'd stopped at the door, stumbled wide-eyed toward the stage like zombies, subconsciously lured by the specter of 7/4 time.
-jonanna widner-dallas observer



Lightparade is an expressive, danceable, and intricate mix of electronic, acoustic, and sampled sounds strung together into all sorts of mood-evoking textures. Wonder, possibility, and a host of other emotions came to mind when listening to their at times ambient approach to music making.
-dante colombo-lawrencian.com


'Psychedelic' is the first word that comes to mind upon spinning D Numbers' disc, Lightparade! Following closely on that word's heels is 'progressive'.
brendan dabkowski - chicago innerview



By its very nature, instrumental music tends to be more impressionistic than vocal music. With no words to get in the way, we're free to make records like Lightparade the soundtrack to a clear, bright snowy day, a rainy, inky black night, or a hazy summer afternoon. It's a testament to D Numbers' flexible musicality and ear for melody and tone that their debut record could be at home working within any of these contexts. Lightparade is a compelling and complex but immensely enjoyable first effort, and one that should win the band greater success.
Steve McPherson - reveille magazine (mpls)


Taking all of that into consideration, the title for the new record is actually quite apt — the light parade theme bobs to the surface in nearly every track. Think Disneyland's Main Street after dark but with a lot of young hipsters in the audience rather than young kids and maybe a mild dose of psychedelics flowing from the water fountains.
steven sawada - eugene weekly


Jazzy drums, bass, and keyboards simmer with sexy rock guitars and ambient samples in a frenzied creative stew that could serve as a memorable soundtrack to a sepia-toned film in your mind's eye
-Rob DeWalt -The New Mexican


"...and as I look around and see 50 college kids dancing their usually maudlin asses off while d numbers blasts through their sexy shimmering set, I can't help but think that every groove is essential, ancestral, related."

-Jonanna Widner

"d numbers, masters of the epic and the funky."

-Jonanna Widner