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"What's been going on? Well it's time you should know."

"In the latter part of the summer last year, our management/label team, Teleprompt, filed suit against Warner Brothers/Word because of the ongoing argument of how Mute Math should sound and be marketed. This is the stuff that can easily beat you down when all you're trying to do is make music. It's frustrating when you were told you would be working with and through a major label for flexibility, creative freedom and marketing to all markets, when the result is they ultimately relegate you to where you fit in their corporate politics. They WOULD NOT listen to what we wanted.

Teleprompt was conceptualized by Tedd T, Kevin Kookogey and myself as a creative safe haven to afford Mute Math it's fullest potential in reaching its audience. However, our relationship with Warner has gone drastically sour as they have completely disregarded our validity and essentially began to bully us into being what ended up being most convenient for them ... Word artists. It gives me chills just to say that. We tried our diplomatic best since the EP came out to stay optimistic and allow the process to work as promised, but we kept falling prey to varying political agendas that were blatantly not in the best interest of our band. They played their games of throwing empty promises at us in hopes to get us to just shut up and live, as it turned out, through Word Records. I'm sorry, but that's the last place in the world I ever wanted Mute Math to end up.

While I recognize that there's a purpose for the type of music carried on Word, we simply do not share that purpose. It's sad to me that, at the end of the day, no one at Warner cared enough to intervene and take our vision as seriously as was promised us, so I'm left to assume it's at least in part because of Word ultimately wanting control. There was no way I could bear the thought of seeing the new album stamped with the 'W' and confined to being promoted in a manner that I consider nauseating.

So, our first objective is to get the new album out immediately to all of you who have been extremely patient. That is the reason for this upcoming tour. Because of our industry scuffle we are unable to do a conventional release, but these limitations are what got us thinking: there was no idea more appealing to us than personally delivering this album to everyone who wants it. Our team got busy organizing a tour that would be an album release party in every city we play. This tour will be monumental in the story that unfolds for this band and is an event that I hope all of you can be a part of. We've booked as many cities as we could to get the show as close to all of you as possible, and have been hard at work rehearsing the new set.