Just as there are many different ways to pronounce or butcher this group's somewhat awkward name, there are many different ways to view DD/MM/YYYY on their latest album, Black Square. If you start from the front of the record, then Marc Masters' description of their sound (in his write-up of the album's excellent lead-off track, "Bronzage") is the way to go-- "think hyper math-punk with touches of prog and hardcore." If you're listening to this on shuffle, and you happen to land on "Birdtown", you might think you've stumbled across an uninspired horn-loving synth-heavy instrumental combo. If the wild oscillations and rumbling hiss of "Lismer" tumble from your earbuds, you'll think these guys are spastic obnoxious noiseniks. The NES mating calls in "I'm Still in the Wall" (along with an earlier album's title-- ) might have you believe DD/MM/YYYY are card-carrying members of Bitpop Nation.