The Nova Echo is an electronically driven space-age rock/pop band from Asheville, a city in the mountains of Western North Carolina. At its core, the music has infectious pop origins but combines powerful guitars, ethereal synths, and complex vocal harmonies to create a space age, post rock sound.

The band is made up of six individuals, all with their own unique backgrounds in music and performance. Front-man and songwriter Caleb Hanks has been playing music since he was a child and has been in multiple rock and pop bands with regional success in North Carolina. Around 2003, he started producing his own electronic pop music as a side-project and by 2007 had written and recorded three full-length solo albums, as well as numerous unreleased b-sides. In 2007, he decided to pursue this side-project full-time.

Hanks contacted his long-time friend and local music producer Evan Bradford to help him construct a rock/pop-oriented band around his electronic solo work. After a year or so of lineup changes the members were solidified, and the band is now made up of six individuals, all with years of experience playing and performing in other bands and projects. Hanks and Bradford handle front-man and guitar/synth duties respectively, while Will Arledge (guitar), Matt Hixon (bass), Lee Brooks (keys), and Jeremy London (drums) complete the band's lineup.

After releasing their debut full-length album in October of 2009, the band re-entered the studio in the Spring of 2010 to record five new tracks. The resulting "Voyager" EP was released in August, and, as the name implies, expands on Hanks’ core theme of the first album... a lonely space traveler’s feelings on love, longing and companionship in the insurmountable distance of deep space. While maintaining the positive, upbeat vibe of the first record, the EP shows a maturity in both writing and production and is an indication of the direction in which The Nova Echo plans to move for their next album.