Number Twelve Looks Like You Worse Than Alone

The Number Twelve Looks Like You subscribe to the Mr. Bungle school of songwriting, in which jump cuts betwixt grindcore and screamo, jazz and death metal, classical and hardcore are not only welcome but preferred. If the New Jersey band's incoherent last album Mongrel is any indication, the title of its fourth, Worse Than Alone, may be unintentionally prophetic -- a messy jumble of genres is certainly worse than just one by itself. But producer Steve Evetts (Dillinger Escape Plan, Every Time I Die) knows his way around a multi-farious album, and the new tracks "Glory Kingdom" and "Marvin's Jungle," both released on The Number Twelve Looks Like You's MySpace page in advance of the album release, are mighty promising. This band has two full-time vocalists. It ought to be able to say SOMEthing worthwhile, right?

Abstract by Etan Rosenbloom