Sonically, the band’s sound has been compared to being a mix of Kraftwerk, the Beach Boys, and Sonic Youth but I’m not quite sure how accurate that really is – unlike Sonic Youth, Maus Haus’ material sounds much more structured and organized. Throughout the new album, the band manages to adeptly mix glitchy atmospherics, buzzing synthesizers and guitars with almost mathematically precise drums, lyrics sung with a droll and almost playful breeziness – but there’s an underlying sense of anxious unease and menace to the proceedings, as though you were in an acid trip that had quickly started to spiral out of control. And if you add the fact that the band has been praised by publications such as SF Weekly and the Deli Magazine, there’s also this sense of a band whose profile is rising … Over the last couple of years the band has shared stages with an impressive list of artists including Crystal Castles, Dengue Fever, !!!, School of Seven Bells, and the 2010 Treasure Island Music Festival main stage with LCD Soundsystem and Holy Fuck. When the band released their debut effort, Lark Marvels in 2009, the band was a septet but for the new effort, Maus Haus became a quartet with each member playing multiple instruments in a frenetic fashion that is reminiscent of Battles. San Francisco-based band Maus Haus newest effort, Light Noise captures a band that has gone through an extraordinary transition. Release Date: Octo(digital) Octo(physical)
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