Mosaic Music Festival - Mutemath

Born in the dust-laden family garage with archaic samplers, Radio Shack mics, and broken record players, Mutemath have been noisily calculating their notes for the past few years.

Since their first EP in 2004, their inherent nature has challenged limitations and expanded parameters. By the time of the 2006 self-titled debut, their blending of adverse genres into its own innovative sonically adventurous creation earned them a reputation as one of modern music’s most daring young groups. By 2007, they would find themselves Grammy nominated and declared by Alternative Press as “the #1 band you need to see live before you die.”

After a near breakup in 2009, the band returned in full force with their album Armistice, produced by Dennis Herring (Modest Mouse, Elvis Costello, The Hives). When longtime guitarist left in 2010, singer-keyboardist Paul Meany, bassist Roy Mitchell-Cárdenas and drummer Darren King found themselves once again staring at a crossroad as they pondered how to move forward.

Primarily written and recorded at Meany’s New Orleans home, their new album Odd Soul was released in 2011, marking their third studio release and first self-produced effort. An uplifting nature permeates all thirteen tracks. From the bombastic Zeppelin-esque groove of Allies to the syncopated soul of Blood Pressure and electro-ambience of the ballad In No Time, Odd Soul showcases how much the band has grown over the past few years.

Artistically, Mutemath has made a rock album that is unmistakably and inherently their own. Rooted in New Orleans rhythm and blues, fusing elements from psychedelia to traditional gospel to modern electronica, Odd Soul is constructed to live up to its title.