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== Religion == Mutemath has resisted being classified as a Christian band, even suing their record label Warner Brothers over being marketed as such.<ref name="thehook-interview">{{Cite web |url=https://www.readthehook.com/80056/interview-unmuted-did-mother-earthsuit-beget-mute-math |title=INTERVIEW- Unmuted: Did mother Earthsuit beget Mute Math? | the Hook - Charlottesville's weekly newspaper, news magazine |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140505161050/https://www.readthehook.com/80056/interview-unmuted-did-mother-earthsuit-beget-mute-math |archive-date=May 5, 2014 |access-date=May 5, 2014}}</ref> Paul Meany stated in an interview in 2006 that if his previous band [[Earthsuit]] (a Christian act) "inspired anything, it was what not to do."<ref name="thehook-interview" /> Drummer Darren King has also stated that he does not consider the band to be Christian.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://mindequalsblown.net/interviews/interview-mutemath |title=Interview: MuteMath - Mind Equals Blown |website=mindequalsblown.net |access-date=June 1, 2017 |archive-date=May 25, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525173705/http://mindequalsblown.net/interviews/interview-mutemath |url-status=usurped }}</ref> While ''Armistice'' explored themes of doubt and pessimism that the band has gone so far as to call "atheistic",<ref>{{Citation |title=The Confessions of Mutemath |url=http://www.relevantmagazine.com/culture/music/confessions-mutemath |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161018232112/http://www.relevantmagazine.com/culture/music/confessions-mutemath |access-date=October 17, 2016 |archive-date=October 18, 2016 |url-access=registration |url-status=dead}}</ref> Meany stated that the idea for the album ''Odd Soul'' was "loosely based on our upbringing in what I guess you could call eccentric Christianity," and King further explained that they wanted to celebrate their "weird religious roots."<ref name="mutemath-about">{{Cite web |url=http://mutemath.com/about/ |title=About | MUTEMATH |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120729220914/http://mutemath.com/about/ |archive-date=July 29, 2012 |access-date=January 28, 2013}}</ref> ''Rolling Stone'' has also noted this connection, calling them "kinda sorta a Christian rock band."<ref>{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/cmj-madness-mute-math-loves-jesus-but-isnt-terrible-20061102 |title=CMJ Madness: Mute Math Loves Jesus But Isn't Terrible |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180131023303/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/cmj-madness-mute-math-loves-jesus-but-isnt-terrible-20061102 |archive-date=2018-01-31 |url-status=dead |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=June 1, 2017}}</ref>
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