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Mute Math brings album tour to town

Full-length debut will only be sold at shows

by BEN HILL
The Daily Cougar

It's almost a sure thing to say The Proletariat, at 903 Richmond Ave., will be hosting the best show in Houston on Saturday night as the New Orleans-based rockers of Mute Math bring their album release tour to town. 

Having been plagued by problems ranging from difficulties with its label to Hurricane Katrina ravaging its hometown of New Orleans, Mute Math has finally been able to release its first full-blown album. But the band isn't going about the process in the normal release-and-then-tour fashion.

Instead of holding a single album release party in one city and then making the album available to the public in stores around the country, Mute Math decided to devote an entire tour to releasing its full-length debut. The album will only be available at the band's shows until the tour is finished. 

This highly anticipated album features 13 tracks, 12 of which are new material. If this full-length release has even half the quality of the band's Reset EP, it will be one of best of 2006. 

Mute Math was born out of the now-defunct urban rock group Earthsuit, a band known for its intense live shows and successful blending of styles, ranging from heavy rock and reggae to jazz and rap. Fronted by Earthsuit's former keyboardist Paul Meany, Mute Math retains all of Earthsuit's intensity and genre-fusing skill but favors a more keyboard-driven approach in its music. The group has also delved into electronica with the Fatboy Slim-influenced "Reset."

Mute Math is known to put on a dynamic live act. When Meany takes center stage he is almost always guaranteed to be seen dancing on an aging Fender Rhodes electric piano at multiple points during the show, all while playing a keytar. 

While opening up for Mae and Circa Survive at the Engine Room last year, Mute Math completely upstaged the latter band with an all-too-brief five-song set. 

This Saturday will be a great chance to catch an up-and-coming act. A $9 ticket is a bargain to see a band whose shows will surely be fetching much higher ticket fees in the near future. Doors at the Proletariat open at 8 p.m., and don't forget to bring earplugs -- the sound at this venue is notoriously bad.
 

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