Needle Gun, a noise band formed in Baltimore by four teenagers in 2006, feels like a bit of an anomoly. Historically, the noise scene in Baltimore seems to be defined largely by solo improvisors, or home recording projects. But Needle Gun, in addition to being much younger than the average noise act, are a live band with a firm lineup who play rock venues, and their music isn’t purely improvised. Still, they are clearly connected to, and embraced by, the estabished Baltimore noise scene, as evidenced by their ties to Ehse Records, who released their recent album Afternoon Computer Umbrage, and Twig Harper of Nautical Almanac, who produced the disc.

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