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***Numbers are Eric (ex-Xerobot), Dave (ex-Xerobot), and Indra (Dynasty), a rock'n'roll trio formed in the fertile post-wealth post-rave San Francisco dot-bomb underground. They play fast, primal punk disco beats, trading detached boy/girl vocals amid intermittent bursts of noisy guitar and fuzzed-out berserk bass. The influences they cite (no wave, Gang of Four, Kraftwerk, Wire) seem typical enough, but Numbers chew these up and spit it back out all their own. Numbers embrace shouted robotic minimalism, and take on such weighty topics as consumerism, disease, fun, going to shows, and obsession ("Brilliant anti-capitalist critiques are so damn sexy," gushed one enamored UK reviewer, cuz that's what they do). A live favorite in their hometown, Numbers toured continually through 2002 and 2003, sharing stages and tour vans with The Coachwhips, Erase Errata, and Cex. Numbers Life brandished their special shambolic garage ingenuity in spades, Numbers Death reworked the entire affair into a Tigerbeat6 party jam featuring Kid606, Gold Chains, and Kit Clayton, and the well recorded In My Mind All the Time maintains both the raw energy of Life and the dancefloor moves of Death, while presenting the band in a better-sounding new form. "Fucking rad" --Careless Talk Costs Lives
"Wreaks all manner of digital punk havoc" --NME
"They kick-start every party" --Vice
"Packed with wit, politics, fervor, and fun" --XLR8R
"Future rock'n'roll imbued with a wonderful caffeine jitter" --The Stranger |
