Album Reviews
A couple of Chicago punks (including Dan ‘Vapid’ Schafer) who have previously spent time in acts such as Screeching Weasel, Riverdales, Methadones, The Bomb, All Eyes West, Textbook and Light FM, started Noise By Numbers a couple of years ago and have just released their sophomore album.
It’s called “Over Leavitt” and is filled with up-tempo songs that come with tons of catchy hooks, vocal harmonies and great guitar riffs. Holing up somewhere between the punkrock sounds of Naked Raygun and 80s indie-rock outfits such as Hüsker Dü and The Replacements, Noise By Numbers are very likely to make Bob Mould envious that he never wrote this album while he was in Sugar.
Lacking the talent to actually play in a band, Tom decided he would write about bands instead. Turns out his writing skills are mediocre at best as well.
