Editing Mutemath (section)

=== 2006–2011 ===
In January 2006, the band set out on a tour in support of their self-titled debut album. It was initially independently released in response to Warner Music Group's indecision on what to do with Mutemath's debut LP. So by late 2005, Teleprompt filed suit against Warner Music requesting Mutemath to be released from their contract while Teleprompt would proceed to promote and sell Mutemath's self-titled debut on its own. (see [[Teleprompt Records#Controversy|Teleprompt Controversy]] for more details).

The special edition of the album was only available as a "tour-only" release until it hit the Internet on Teleprompt's online store, selling more than 10,000 copies in its first month. Mutemath landed on the covers of ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' and [[Pollstar]]<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=August 7, 2006 |title=Pollstar HotStar: Mutemath |url=http://mutemath.com/presskit/_pdf/mute_math_pollstar.pdf |magazine=Pollstar}}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> being featured in ''[[Alternative Press (music magazine)|Alternative Press]]'',<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=April 2007 |title=100 Bands to Watch in 2007 |url=http://mutemath.com/presskit/_pdf/mute_math_alternative_press.pdf |magazine=Alternative Press}}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> ''[[Paste (magazine)|Paste]]'',<ref>{{Cite magazine |year=2006 |title=4 To Watch For |url=http://mutemath.com/presskit/_pdf/mute_math_paste.pdf |magazine=Paste Magazine}}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> and ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]''<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=September 28, 2006 |title=Mutemath: Artist Of The Day |url=http://www.spin.com/features/band_of_the_day/2006/09/060928_mutemath/index.html |magazine=Spin Magazine}}</ref> as well as on the [[MTV News]] program 'You Hear It First'.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://mutemath.com/presskit/_pdf/mute_math_MTV.pdf |title=You Hear It First: Mutemath |date=September 2006 }}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The group continued to tour vigorously, playing shows to crowds of thousands at festivals such as [[Bonnaroo]], [[Lollapalooza]], [[Van's Warped Tour]], [[V Festival]], [[CMJ Music Marathon]] in [[New York City]], and Voodoo Music Experience in their hometown of [[New Orleans]].

After months of legal wrangling with parent label [[Warner Bros. Records]], Teleprompt settled litigation out of court in August 2006 with a re-negotiated contract with Warner.

WBR re-released the band's debut album ''[[Mutemath (album)|Mutemath]]'' on September 26, 2006. The fully remastered album features reworked tracks from their Reset EP<ref>See [[Mutemath (album)#Differences in the remastered WBR release|Differences in new Mutemath album]] for details.</ref> and a bonus limited-edition live EP. The album debuted at No.&nbsp;17 on ''Billboard'''s [[Top Heatseekers]] chart.<ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Mutemath Chart History |url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=mutemath|chart=all}} |magazine=Billboard.com}}</ref>

The band returned to the road in early 2007 with opening dates for [[The Fray (band)|The Fray]] and [[Wolfmother]] in various cities and a brief headlining tour in Europe. [[Flesh And Bones Electric Fun]], an exclusive live DVD was released on March 20, 2007 with an accompanying 43-city North American tour that ran through the first of May.

The band also received some unexpected publicity on ''[[American Idol (season 6)|American Idol]]'' when contestant [[Chris Sligh]] sang "[[Typical (MuteMath song)|Typical]]" on the show's Top 24 episode.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyLTEZjev7Q | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120907215025/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyLTEZjev7Q| archive-date=2012-09-07 | url-status=dead|title=Chris Sligh - Typical |last=Nieto |first=Ruri |date=March 1, 2007 |via=YouTube |access-date=June 1, 2017}}</ref>

Mutemath's first music video, for "Typical", premiered on [[YouTube]] on March 21, 2007. The video features the band performing the song backwards. The video made it on the ''[[New York Post]]'' Hot List<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Mirchandani |first1=Raakhee |url=http://www.nypost.com/seven/04012007/entertainment/hot_list_entertainment_raakhee_mirchandani_and_maxine_shen.htm |title=HOT LIST |date=April 1, 2007 |work=New York Post |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120703163122/http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/item_6pZS5IZhJQm5y0Z6QfVQgP;jsessionid=7FC7C92C58EBD1039F9398B09F1701E0 |archive-date=July 3, 2012 |last2=Shen |first2=Maxine}}</ref> and registered more than 100,000 views in less than four days, going on to be viewed 4.3 million times as of May 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b13rc6DY74A | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070401143144/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b13rc6DY74A| archive-date=2007-04-01 | url-status=dead|title=Typical |via=[[YouTube]]}}</ref> It took three weeks for Mutemath to learn their parts backwards. When asked whether singing backwards or drumming backwards was more difficult, Paul Meany answered, "Darren (the drummer) had it the hardest."

"Typical" was also released as Mutemath's first radio single on April 10, 2007. As of late June, the single started receiving major airplay in Modern Rock quickly rising up the [[Mediabase]] Alternative chart jumping from No.&nbsp;115 to No.&nbsp;65 and was also the second most added song on Alternative stations the week of June 13, 2007. The single then jumped to No.&nbsp;36 the first week of August 2007, a position it held for six weeks before it moved to a peak position of 35.<ref name="Mediabase Alternative Charts">{{Cite web |url=http://w2.mediabase.com/mmrweb/AllAccess/Charts.asp?format=r3m&showtopn=500&cutoff=1 |title=Mediabase Alternative Charts |date=June 13, 2007 |website=2.mediabase.com}}</ref>

"Typical" was featured on a television commercial for the Discovery Channel, featuring clips from shows like ''[[Man vs. Wild]]'', ''[[Deadliest Catch]]'' and ''[[Dirty Jobs]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://commercials.tuneforums.com/thread_view.php?threadID=2295 |title=New discovery channel commercial |website=Commercials.tuneforums.com |access-date=August 23, 2009 |archive-date=August 13, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110813213439/http://commercials.tuneforums.com/thread_view.php?threadID=2295 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The group made limited appearances at various summer festivals in mid-2007 in order to work on writing and recording material for their forthcoming sophomore record. The band's debut performance at the [[Bonnaroo]] Music Festival coincided with their second appearance on ''[[The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson]]''.

The group appeared on ''[[Transformers - The Album|Transformers: The Album]]'', released on July 3, 2007, performing the "Transformers Theme" in conjunction with the [[Transformers (film)|live-action film]] directed by [[Michael Bay]] (although the song did not appear in the film) and made a television appearance on the ''[[Late Show with David Letterman]]'' on July 17. The group was in the running for [[MTV2]] and [[Virgin Mobile]]'s Book The Band vote to open for the US [[Virgin Festival]] in [[Baltimore, Maryland]] in August ([[Aiden]] won the Book The Band contest).

Mutemath's [[Mutemath (album)|debut album]] reappeared on Billboard's [[Top Heatseekers]] Chart on August 4, 2007, at No.&nbsp;28, while the single "[[Typical (MuteMath song)|Typical]]" debuted at No.&nbsp;39 on Billboard's [[US Modern Rock]] Chart the same week.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=August 4, 2007 |title=Billboard Chart History |url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/2007-08-04/alternative-songs |magazine=Billboard}}</ref>

The band hit the road in support of the single in September 2007 with support from [[Eisley]], which included two television appearances. The first was September 19, their second appearance on [[Jimmy Kimmel Live!]]. The show aired a taped performance of the band recreating the video the single "[[Typical (song)|Typical]]" that was taped in front of the studio audience and then played back in reverse for the broadcast. Their second television appearance was their debut on [[NBC]]'s [[Late Night with Conan O'Brien]] performing "Break the Same" for the first time on television on October 17.

On November 12, 2007, [[Atlantic Records]] announced that the band would join [[Alanis Morissette]] on [[Matchbox Twenty]]'s Exile in America Tour, which kicked off in [[Hollywood, Florida]], on January 25, 2008, and ran through mid-March.<ref name="marketwire.com">{{Cite web |url=http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release.do?id=796035&sourceType=3 |title=Exile in America Press Release |date=November 26, 2007 |publisher=Marketwire}}</ref> On December 6, 2007, the group was nominated for a [[Grammy Award]] for their short form music video for "Typical".<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.grammy.com/GRAMMY_Awards/50th_Show/list.aspx#31 |title=50th Annual Grammy Award Nominees |date=December 6, 2007 |publisher=National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences}}</ref> "[[Control (Mutemath song)|Control]]", the second and final radio single from ''Mutemath'' was released January 15, 2008. The music video for the single was filmed in Nashville in January, but its distribution was halted due to copyright issues in regards to a previously released clip from a European group;{{Citation needed|date=May 2008}} nevertheless, the video can be found on their ''Armistice Live'' DVD.<ref>{{Citation|title=BB Yukus & Electric Dad - Cloudspin| date=May 19, 2020 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFBFXYcEGaw&list=PLoQo1ydcVLhUFh5TexsJ7iD9VljviYbbU |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/zFBFXYcEGaw| archive-date=2021-12-12 |url-status=live|language=en|access-date=2021-05-01}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|last=MUTEMATH|title=Armistice Live|date=2010|url=https://www.amazon.com/Armistice-Live-CD-DVD-MUTEMATh/dp/B003YEWSOA|publisher=Warner Bros.|language=English|access-date=2021-05-01}}</ref> The band also released the companion album to their 2007 live DVD, ''Flesh And Bones Electric Fun: Mutemath Live'', via iTunes on January 29, 2008. "Typical" was added as a [[List of downloadable songs for the Rock Band series|downloadable song]] for the ''[[Rock Band]]'' series in early 2009.

In November 2008, the group released "Spotlight" on the ''[[Twilight (soundtrack)|Twilight]]'' film soundtrack album, to favorable reviews.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.indielondon.co.uk/Music-Review/twilight-ost-review |title=Twilight OST Review |publisher=Indie London}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |date=October 30, 2008 |title=Twilight |url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20236536,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081030091425/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20236536,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 30, 2008 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://music.ign.com/articles/927/927411p1.html |title=Twilight Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Review |website=IGN |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081228115339/http://music.ign.com/articles/927/927411p1.html |archive-date=December 28, 2008}}</ref> The song was the first single from ''[[Armistice (album)|Armistice]]'' and was released digitally February 10, 2009, on the ''Spotlight EP'', which included [[B side]] tracks and a remix of the song by [[Son Lux]]. The group performed "Spotlight" for the first time on ''The Tonight Show'' on January 15, 2009, featuring guest appearances from LaClave and Allen from Club of the Sons and Jeremy Larson, all of whom have worked on the upcoming album.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mutemath.com |title=New Mutemath song on "Twilight" Soundtrack |date=October 8, 2008 |publisher=Mutemath.com}}</ref> The EP was also released on limited edition vinyl on March 24, 2009.

The group went to work writing and recording their second full-length record in their home studio in New Orleans. The album, ''[[Armistice (album)|Armistice]]'', was released in the United States on Teleprompt Records/Warner Bros. Records on August 18, 2009.

During the recording of the album, short videos were posted to the band's [[YouTube]] profile. These videos documented the work going on in the studio, including street interviews where New Orleans locals were shown samples of the album (which couldn't be heard in the video), recording their reactions. Any clips of actual music from the new album was presented in such a way that it only hinted at what the album would eventually sound like.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/mutemath |title=Mutemath's YouTube profile |date=July 2008 |via=[[YouTube]]}}</ref>{{better source needed|date=November 2018|reason=this is a channel, not a single source.}}

On April 4, 2008, Goodwin Films announced they were working on a documentary film about the making of Mutemath's new record.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://goodwinfilms.blogspot.com/2008/04/shooting-mute-math-in-nashville.html |title=Shooting Mutemath in Nashville |date=April 4, 2008 |publisher=Goodwin Films}}</ref>

According to the biography, the group had almost called it quits during the writing of the album. The band had written about 16 songs in the three years spent on the road touring and had expected to cut the list to 10 after settling down to record in their New Orleans home studio. Weeks of working with old ideas and bickering between the bandmates led the group to begin searching for an outside producer to help focus the group and stabilize the tension. During this search, the group met producer [[Dennis Herring]] and after hearing his input, decided to scrap all the previously written material and start from scratch, bringing Herring on board as producer of the album. The band worked over the next three months writing almost 20 new songs that would shape ''Armistice''. The band then spent time at Herring's studio in [[Oxford, Mississippi]], recording the final touches of the album.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.myspace.com/mutemath |title=Mutemath Biography |date=June 9, 2009 |publisher=MySpace}}</ref>{{Primary source inline|date=April 2020}}

On January 14, 2009, King said in an interview that after a break for the holidays, they would "get back to recording in hopes of having everything done in March so that the album can come out in August. It has taken way longer than we would have ever imagined but we're just not done with it yet." Additionally, he mentioned that the album was Mutemath's first album which involved collaboration among all four members of the band.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ozarks.metromix.com/music/article/exclusive-mute-math-and/891716/content |title=Exclusive Mutemath and Jeremy Larson Interview |date=January 14, 2009 |publisher=Metromix Ozarks}}</ref>

The title for the sophomore record was confirmed as ''Armistice'' on May 27, 2009 in an interview on InsideBayArea.com and then confirmed on the same day on the Mutemath forums<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.insidebayarea.com/music/ci_12463348 |title=New Orleans rock band MuteMath finally jelling |date=May 27, 2009 |publisher=Inside Bay Area}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://mutemath.com/content/album-title-released |title=Album Title Released! |date=May 27, 2009 |publisher=MuteMath.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090605060923/http://www.mutemath.com/content/album-title-released |archive-date=June 5, 2009}}</ref> Teleprompt Records and Warner Bros. Records made a joint press release on June 9, 2009, announcing the details of the album release, including the name ''Armistice'' the album cover, and track listing, as well as the official US release date of August 18.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=3204454&blogId=493864618 |title=Mutemath PREPARE TO LAUNCH "ARMISTICE" ON AUGUST 18, 2009 |date=June 9, 2009 |publisher=MySpace.com}}</ref>

''Armistice'' debuted at No. 18 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]], with over 18,000 units sold in the first week. The album also charted at No. 4 on ''Billboard'' Rock charts and No. 3 on the Billboard Digital Albums and Billboard Alternative Albums charts the same week.

Upon finishing the 2010 summer tour, the band announced that they would release a DVD/CD combo entitled ''[[Armistice Live]]'' on October 12, 2010. Pre-orders included bonus live rarities "Electrify" and "Goodbye", recorded in Japan during the "Armistice" tour.

The band began writing and recording material for their third album in the middle of 2010, shortly after completing their spring tour in support of 30 Seconds to Mars.<ref>{{Cite tweet |number=43792095022030849 |user=MUTEMATH |title=We finished the album but didn't have a title. So wondering if we're really finished then. Gonna write a few more. |author=MUTEMATH |date=March 4, 2011}}</ref> On April 4, 2011, it was announced that the album had been completed. It was also announced that guitarist Greg Hill had left the band in October 2010. Snippets of "Cavalries", "One More", "Equals", "Prytania", "Walking Paranoia" and "Odd Soul" were released on one of the band's YouTube channels.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/user/weareoddsouls |title=weareoddsouls |via=YouTube |access-date=June 1, 2017}}</ref> On June 28, 2011, it was announced that the album would be titled ''Odd Soul'' and would be released on October 4, 2011.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPKvNTpj-z4  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/mPKvNTpj-z4| archive-date=2021-12-12 |url-status=live|title=DRUMS PLUS BASS - MUTEMATH |date=June 28, 2011 |via=YouTube |access-date=June 1, 2017}}{{cbignore}}</ref> On July 18, 2011 the full music video and interactive website for "Odd Soul" were released to the public.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvrfoU3SS4U  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/kvrfoU3SS4U| archive-date=2021-12-12 |url-status=live|title=MUTEMATH // ODD SOUL |date=July 18, 2011 |via=YouTube |access-date=June 1, 2017}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://mutemath.com/oddsoul |title=MuteMath Odd Soul |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120327222245/http://mutemath.com/oddsoul/ |archive-date=March 27, 2012 |access-date=July 20, 2011}}</ref> On July 29, MuteMath released their VIP tour package for presale on their official site, giving away the name of their first single, "Blood Pressure", available August 8.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://mutemath.com/ |title=Mutemath |website=Mutemath |access-date=June 1, 2017}}</ref> On August 10, 2011, Todd Gummerman announced on his blog that he was officially replacing Greg Hill as the band's guitar player.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.gummerman.com/?p=69 |title=Me, Myself, and MUTEMATH - |website=gummerman.com |date=August 10, 2011 |access-date=June 1, 2017}}</ref>
The band supported [[Linkin Park]] and [[Incubus (band)|Incubus]] on the [[Honda Civic Tour]].