Mutemath's self titled debut album was a truly great album that relied on catchy hooks and melodies that were present, up front, and strongly supported. with the musical success of this album it left a lot of anticipation for the next one, Armistice. Once everyone had played every track on the first album, they hungered for more, and weren't expecting such a vastly different and disappointing album.
Mutemath's style has generally been focused in the contemporary and main-stream amusement. With this new album you can tell that they have been so focused on being different and experimental that they have forgotten who they are and what it is that makes their music so appealing. They sometimes grasp for their old sound in tracks like "The Nerve" and "Backfire" by slapping a dancy or catchy drumbeat on their songs that aren't dancy or catchy. This is a common problem among bands that are almost famous. the ones that open for big bands, but you have never really heard of them. You can't expect a song to be catchy by simply having a catchy drumbeat that doesn't support the rest of the song. I think the world needs to learn this. Sidenote: Kings of Leon are an example of how drumbeats should fit into the song, and they are immensley popular.
I think the biggest disappointment I experienced when i first listened to this album was the lack of melody. Both the lyrics and the melodies are weak and most of the melodies aren't even in the vocals, but hidden in some wierd synth instrument, yet lead singer, Paul Meany, seems to push his vocals to the very front and creat a choppy pool of sound rather than a melodic piece of auditory art that you can sing along to. Sorry Mutemath.
I apologize for all of the spelling and grammar errors that are probably scattered throughout this review.
P.S. I've never written a review before, that was fun.
P.S.S. feel free to disagree in textual form
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