Birmingham-based noise-rock trio Mutes have returned today with their new single ‘Televangelist,’ a spellbinding slice of shoegaze gold, taken from their upcoming fourth studio album buried where you stand due for release May 17th via No Sound Records.
Recorded entirely live as a three-piece with Mark Gittins at Megatone Studios, Televangelist is a ‘blink-and-you’ll-miss-it’ flurry of new-wave wooze and punk-rock charge. A sub-three-minute nugget of existential crisis carried with motorik drive.
Giving insight into the lyrical meaning behind the song, the band said, “Theological projections of an irresolute agnostic; torn between clinging to the assuaging hand of statism and laying waste to internalised idolatry. Catholic guilt is one hell of a trip.”
Originally conceived as a solo, primarily-ambient project by vocalist and lyricist James, Mutes released their eponymous debut EP in 2014. Things took a decidedly noisier turn with the release of Starvation Age in 2015, a full-band release that embraced the groups love of noise-rock and psychedelia. The group released their debut album No Desire in 2017 through independent label FOMA.
Championed by BBC Radio 6, their second studio album Pareidolia was released in 2019, while 2021 saw the release of Dreams of Being Cornered, their third and most fully-realised record yet, which saw Mutes capture the ferocity of their live show with urgent guitar freak-outs sitting alongside wondrous synth textures and vocal melodies with calculated ease.
Recorded entirely live as a three-piece with Mark Gittins at Megatone Studios, their upcoming single Televangelist is a ‘wince-and-you’ll-miss-it’ flurry of new-wave wooze and punk-rock charge; A sub-three-minute nugget of existential crisis carried with motorik purpose.
Giving insight into the lyrical meaning behind the song, the band state: “Theological projections of an irresolute agnostic; torn between clinging to the assuaging hand of statism and laying waste to internalised idolatry. Catholic guilt is one hell of a trip.”
LIVE DATES:
FEBRUARY
23rd: The Chameleon, Nottingham
29th: Blondies, London
Mutes – Listen on YouTube, Spotify – Linktree
Follow Mutes:
Music | Mutes (bandcamp.com) https://www.facebook.com/mutesuk https://twitter.com/mutesmutesmutes https://www.instagram.com/mutesmutesmutes
