But if I have any say about it, your blood pressure will be through the roof. The Granada is bringing MuteMath (often stylized as MUTEMATH, and preferred that way by this writer) to Lawrence. This Grammy-nominated alternative rock band is an Odd Soul full of edgy sound, headed up by lead vocalist and keyboardist Paul Meany, drummer Darren King, guitarist Todd Gummerman and bassist Roy Mitchell-Cárdenas. Lately, the band has been touring around the west coast, opening for Incubus and Linkin P
ark, and rocking the socks off more than 14,000 fans at a time.
But, now that the Honda Civic Tour is winding down, MUTEMATH is gearing up for their Fall 2012 Headlining Tour. And you Lawrencians have the chance to see this epic happy music group perform in a much more intimate venue (aka, The Granada). For those of you who don’t know (but will now know!), I would describe their sound as a fusion of New Order’s synth-dance epics, the Stone Roses’ shambling shuffle, Radiohead’s spiky chilliness, Air’s serene ambient pop, all mashed up with the booming vocals of mainstream pop/rock… but Billboard.com already beat me to that smashing endorsement. So, all I’ve got to say is this: MUTEMATH has some great performance shindigs and sounds great live. If you don’t believe me, check out this live video of “Blood Pressure” off of their most recent album, Odd Soul. It is a crazy wonderful earful of interesting.
For those of you who are into this stuff, here’s a quick bio of the group: MUTEMATH started as a long-distance collaboration between Paul Meany in New Orleans, Louisiana and Darren King in Springfield, Missouri (though we here at The Granada won’t hold that against him.) The group has since released three studio albums, the first being self-titled, followed up by Armistice in 2009 and Odd Soul in 2011.
The show is Sunday, September 16. Doors open at 7 p.m. and the show’s starts at 8 p.m. $23 for advance tickets, $25 the day of the show.
So get out of the house, get down to The Granada and spend your Sunday night in a fun-frenzy alt-rock bubble. See ya there, Lawrence!
-Alexandria Freeze
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