However, I am failing to see where any comparison to Radiohead, Dubstep or electronic music come into play here. It’s not over the top, but it hits high intensity at all the right moments. “Why can’t you be more like your older brother?/ Why can’t you do a little more for Jesus?” How do you not love lines like that? The song is bound to be enjoyed by any fan of hard rock. Honestly, it provides a nice fast-paced rock n’ roll beat with high-pitched vocals that provide a very pleasant alternative to “Moves Like Jagger.” And finally we come to “Blood Pressure,” a song that I have already heard making its way into promos for the Major League Baseball playoffs. “Prytania” is certainly a change of pace but would still fall under the classification of a rock song to me. The song reminds of the Black Keys (who you know I am a pretty big fan of) more than anything. The opening title track is straightforward hard blues rock anthem that has Paul Meany (pretty bad ass name for a front man) delivering vintage southern rock growls. You can imagine my confusion when I heard the opening three tracks of this album. I respect the desire of the band to move forward and produce new sounds, but in this situation, unfortunately, it comes at the price of their music. There are certainly portions of Odd Soul where the New Orleans-based quartet are trying to find their inner Kid A, but the majority of it remains a rock album- a pretty good one actually. While these assertions are technically fair, I think they are just a little bit misleading. Heading in to the album, I had heard comparisons to Radiohead and progressive rock. That’s about the best way I can describe what MUTEMATH does on their latest release, Odd Soul. A lot of bands feel a need to evolve their style as their career progresses, but it’s pretty rare to see a band try to evolve their sound over the course of an album.
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