Noise By Numbers/the Magnificent
Split
What you have here with this split seven-inch, is a Trans-Atlantic match-up of two bands going head to head, slugging it out to see which country has dominance in the world of quality melodic punk rock. In the American corner you have Noise By Numbers, an outfit most notable to me for having Dan Schafer (Screeching Weasel/Riverdales alumni) in its ranks along with some players from a number of other known bands including the Bomb. In the corner representing the United Kingdom (not that united these days though) is the Magnificent, a three-piece with a name that automatically shows an element of self-belief and which, at the outset, is the known quantity to me in terms of musical output.