MUTE MATH LP TELEPROMPT FULL

There were songs on it that resembled others I’d heard, but I’d never encountered pop songs delivered with such depth and emotion, such personal nakedness. At the time, I’d never heard anything quite like Little Earthquakes, her incredible first album. Tori was quite possibly the first artist to completely rewrite my idea of music. But then, most of my rules and pet peeves go out the window when I’m talking about Tori Amos. Of course, I’m about to praise and recommend something that is basically a rearrangement and re-editing of, in some cases, perfect albums, so you might not want to listen to me. But if you want the real deal, track down the original. If you don’t have Mute Math, by all means, buy this version. It’s still fantastic, it’s just not perfect, and there’s no good reason why they messed with it. But in its original form, it was perfect, one of the finest debuts I’ve ever heard, and in this new incarnation, it’s just… not. The new bonus live EP, while nifty, does little to make that situation better.ĭon’t get me wrong – I’m not saying you shouldn’t buy Mute Math, or that it’s not still an amazing album. The sad part is, with this release, you can’t get the original Mute Math anymore – the band isn’t even selling it. The album’s conclusion, once graceful, is now abrupt and uncomfortable. The only longer song that remained untouched is “Stall Out,” the original closer, but the band have found a way to screw that up too, appending the instrumental “Reset” to the end of the disc. “Control,” the excellent opener from Reset, now sits between the truncated “You Are Mine” and the dazzling “Picture,” two songs which flowed perfectly on the original release. It now has a weak song, “Plan B,” in place of a masterpiece, and the second half feels like a bunch of singles instead of a coherent whole. I know this seems picky, but with the three new songs and the edits, Mute Math is an entirely different record.

“Break The Same” also has had more than a minute trimmed from its whirlwind outro.

The worst offense: the glorious “You Are Mine,” which spread its enveloping texture over 6:17 on the original release, is now a radio-ready 4:43. Then they added three songs from last year’s Reset EP – the three best, no doubt, but none of them are worth losing “Without It.” Finally, they shortened some of the longer songs, all but killing the atmosphere. What’s different? Well, first, they took off one of the best songs, the amazing “Without It.” (They also omitted its drum-break coda, “Polite.”) Why, I don’t know. This would be unqualified good news, except for one thing – they messed with it, and the Mute Math you can find at your local Sam Goody is vastly inferior to the original version. Well, the bridges have been mended, the band is back on Warner, and Mute Math is finally on CD racks everywhere, as of this week. As I’ve mentioned, the band self-released Mute Math on their own Teleprompt label, selling it online and at shows, following a dust-up with Warner and Word. I have previously gushed about Mute Math’s self-titled debut, which took its spot in the top two of my 2006 list pretty early on, and has yet to relinquish it. I do have something to review this week, but before we get to that, a quick note about something you can find in your record stores right now.

But I’m glad that writing is my job, and not a suspect activity here in the office… So I’m writing this at work, and hoping nobody notices. I’ve been through three support technicians now, because I can only work on this issue an hour at a time, due to my insane schedule. The problem, apparently, is the graphics card – I spent hours on the phone with Dell tech support, in the mistaken belief that it was the graphics card driver. In any case, plans fell through, so I have to come up with something else.Īlso, my computer has decided to die on me.

MUTE MATH LP TELEPROMPT FULL

As far as I know, both are still in transit, perhaps on an airplane somewhere, and perhaps that airplane is full of snakes, which would explain the delay. However – and I really should have seen this coming – neither one made it to the United States in time for me to fully review them. I intended to write about two sweet pop records that are, as of now, only available in other countries – one from Canada and one from the U.K.

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