The saying goes, "practice until you can play it backwards and forwards." Mute Math is one of few bands that can honestly say it has that much musical dedication.
The band will be performing at 8:00 p.m. Sunday at Warehouse Live, 813 St. Emanuel St, and all signs indicate that the show – the last stop on the band’s tour – will be a monstrous performance, capping off a rollercoaster tour for the band.
For its first single, "Typical," the band made an independent video and posted it on YouTube.
It skyrocketed in popularity with thousands of views.
The video is truly unprecedented; it is completely reversed, while the band still plays perfectly in sync with the music – backward.
Paint comes flying off, thrown clothes return to the members and silly string is strung back into the can.
There is a whole bevy of instruments being reassembled, and confetti flying up into the air.
Every aspect of the music is perfected, from the drummer learning every lick backward to lip-syncing – the whole nine yards.
If that wasn’t enough, the band set another precedent by replicating the whole performance on Jimmy Kimmel Live in mid-October.
The music is a mixture of electronic influences with pop melodies draped over high-energy lyrics that coerce the listener into a sing along.
Their self-titled, major-label debut album came out in late 2006 and is rapidly climbing out of the underground.
Alternative Press listed Mute Math as the No. 1 band to see live before you die.
I don’t know about that, but you better see them before you have to climb up walls backward to get tickets.
