If you’ve always pigeonholed folk and electronica as polar opposites, Computer vs. Banjo will make you rethink everything you thought about both.

Hatched in the musical crucible of Nashville, the genre-bending band fuses fingerpicked folk with experimental beats to create such a full, original sound, it’s hard to believe CVB is just a duo.

Download “Give Up On Ghosts” MP3 off Computer vs. Banjo’s self-titled album, out June 17, 2008.

You’ll recognize their names because they’re both accomplished musicians: Johnny Mann was the lead guitarist of jazz/funk band Gran Torino, and Beau Stapleton played tenor guitar and mandolin for Blue Merle.

Because both are adept at crossing genres and applying their multiple influences and skills to their music, charting new terrain came easy to them. As CVB, Mann and Stapleton trade off on lead vocals and play and program everything from synths to the dobro, to of course, the computer and banjo, pioneering a sound that is truly their own.

Computer vs. Banjo Track Listing:

1. Jubilee
2. Guitars need a Sinner’s Touch
3. Give up on Ghosts
4. Outer space
5. Low
6. San Joaquin
7. Magazine Queen
8. Stone
9. 2heavy2hold
10. Concealed
11. Lost
12. Signs of Passing Time

For more information please visit:

Compuer vs. Banjo Official Website
Compuer vs. Banjo Myspace