Photo: maththeband.com
The seeds of Rhode Island’s “Electro Spazz Punk” duo
Math the Band were planted and tended to by a 12-year-old Kevin
Steinhauser, who turned his interest in vintage synths and video game
systems into music he created on his bedroom computer. Justine Mainville
completed Math the Band in 2007 when both were still in their teens.
Taking a variety of 8-bit video game sounds and a rack full of old
synthesizers, plus guitar and amped-up drum machine, the duo’s sound is
driven by adrenaline, with a pummeling rhythmic approach akin to
party-master Andrew WK’s (with whom Math has toured) and vocals shouted
with a convulsive intensity.
Listening to the punchy, hyperactive
Nintendo Punk on the twosome’s latest full-length release, November’s Get Real,
indicates that Math the Band’s live show is a wired, reckless display
of Rock & Roll mayhem, and the hospital records back that assumption
up — during concerts over the years, the musicians have notched
numerous broken bones and stitches but, they report on their Facebook
page, “They’ve only cracked their head open on stage once.” MtB joins
fellow Electro duo (and video game fanatics) You, You’re Awesome at The
Comet (4579 Hamilton Ave., Northside) on Tuesday, Jan. 15, at 10 p.m. The show is
free. cometbar.com.
