In an age of overnight success and next big things (insert here any number of acts whose career has lasted as long as the length of their first album), it’s easy to forget how bands used to get things done. Once upon a time band’s got their personnel settled, rehearsed in a dingy studio, hit the road and played hundreds of live shows, released their own independent EPs and albums before moving on to headlining shows and the inevitable call from the major record companies. It is the story of some of Australia’s greatest acts, from AC/DC and INXS through to The Living End and Powderfinger. It is also the story of Something With Numbers. Rising out of the booming Central Coast punk scene in 2001 and signing to indie upstart Below Par Records, Something With Numbers have grown from a branded “emo punk” band to a full-blown rock and roll powerhouse. They have watched as bands from their hometown were chewed up and spat out of the fickle Australian music industry, some garnering success whilst others fell by the wayside. However, none of this has deterred Something With Numbers from what they originally set out to achieve. The band has always chosen to focus on their own music as opposed to other influences and trends around them. So much so that earlier this year, after the band had written the music for the follow-up to their 2003 full-length debut Ettiquette, vocalist and eccentric front man Jake Grigg decided to stop listening to music altogether whilst he prepared to write