From Paul crowd-surfing on a mattress radiant with Christmas lights, to Darren duct taping his headphones to his head before the show, these guys sure know how to entertain. My motto going into concerts is that if each of the band members hasn’t sweat on you by the end of the night, you’re clearly doing it wrong. Not only is the music phenomenal, the band has a great sense of humor and stage presence. I love Mutemath’s recorded albums, so for them to be that much better live was unbelievable. I had high hopes for this concert, considering that their Armistice live album is my favorite, but the performance exceeded my expectations by a landslide. Mutemath’s live show is probably my favorite concert experience to this day. They’re truly unique in a way that many strive for but few achieve, and they’re firmly at the top of their game. The band have released a further two albums at the time of writing and have opened for everyone from Alanis Morrisette to 30 Seconds To Mars to Linkin Park in their recent years. The suit was settled out of court with a rethought contract with Warner Bros., and ever since then, the band have been one of the most respected and successful cult acts in American rock. The story spread around, netting them the covers of Billboard and Pollstar magazines, along with features in Alternative Press and Spin, this influx of attention got them spots at the Bonnaroo and Lollapalooza festivals to name a few and saw them go from strength to strength as a live act. The band filed a lawsuit against the label and released their self-titled debut album themselves, at first on their merch table at concerts, and then online where it was bought and downloaded 10’000 times in its first month. By 2006 the E.P’s original pressing of 30’000 copies went out of print, but that wasn’t enough for Warner Bros., who were disillusioned by the band not scoring a hit single and had shelved their debut album indefinitely while continuing to market the band as a Christian Rock act, They were one of the first groups to truly integrate the internet into their day to day life as a band, promoting themselves on MySpace and posting video blogs of their shows opening for the likes of Mae and Circa Survive. The band cemented their debut by recruiting Roy Mitchell-Cardenas as their full time bassist and spent the next year pretty much constantly on tour. and their first E.P, “Reset” was released at the end of September 2004. This proved to be an inspired idea, as before the year was out they managed to sign a developmental contract with Warner Bros. Instead of shopping around their material to record labels, the band and Tedd T made their own label called Teleprompt Records to get themselves started. They recruited a guitarist in the form of fellow Missouri native Greg Hill, and expanded on their electronica influences to make their new project a proper, full scale rock band.Īfter taking their demos to a producer called Tedd T, the nascent group began performing live with an assortment of different bass players and after a while, formally changed their name to Mutemath. However, Earthsuit split soon after Meany moved, so him and King moved into a house together in Mandeville, Louisiana to make Mute a full time prospect. Calling themselves Mute, they began experimenting with sounds influenced by sample-based electronica. Meany grew to be so impressed by these demos that he asked if he could add some contributions of his own and the duo ended up creating full songs together, mailing the demos back and forth to each other as they went on.īy February 2002, what King and Meany were working had gotten so good that King moved from his native Missouri to Meany’s home city of New Orleans, with the intention of turning their collaboration into a side-project. The duo became friends while they were playing in Earthsuit, and they kept in contact after King left the band, during which time he would send Meany demos of his solo work. At the time Meany was playing keys for the critically acclaimed Christian Rock act Earthsuit, who King was briefly the drummer for. The roots of Mutemath can be found in 2002, in collaboration between future Mutemath drummer Darren King and the bands future singer Paul Meany.
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