Studio News: ***NEW ALBUM RELEASE***

Metal XOR Fallout is proud to announce

the release of the newest Mune Mud album...

The Zodiac Road

This is the first Mune Mud studio album since the 2004 release of Hobson's Choice.  Recording began in June 2010 and continued into early December.  Jimmy provided the bass lines for six of the twelve songs and Ken Dennis provided the guitar solo for the updated version of "I Dream."  After the final mixes were created, each song went through final mastering by Jimmy at Attic Works Studio.

The album is available on CD (send your home address to avatarmud@gmail.com for a copy) or as a digital download at The Zodiac Road (once there, click on the album cover to access the music).  Lyrics are also available at the digital download site.

Studio News: Listening Party

A listening party was thrown earlier today at Attic Works Studio, bringing to a close the long process of recording and mastering a new album.  The album is Mune Mud's The Zodiac Road.  The release date was also announced... next Tuesday, December 14.  The album will be available on both CD and as a digital download.

Among the participants were Jimmy, who provided bass for some of the songs and who mastered all of the final mixes, and Jason, Mune Mud front-man himself.  Each of the new songs were debuted and twelve songs were chosen to be on the album. 

Stay tuned to this blog for release day information.  The Zodiac Road is almost here...

Studio News: New Mune Mud album coming...

It's official, Mune Mud will be releasing a new album this month.  

The exact date has not been released, but it will be soon.  Here are a few facts:

• The new album is titled The Zodiac Road
• It will contain twelve tracks 
• During the recording sessions, nineteen songs were completed while nine others remain unfinished
• It will be available on CD and as a digital download
• This is the first new studio Mune Mud album since Hobson's Choice in 2004
• Recording began in June 2010 and will be wrapping up in the next couple of weeks

The fictitious magazine Eclectic Musician printed an interview with Mune Mud in its November 2010 issue.  Click here for that story.

A preview track called "I Dream" was released at the end of October.  Click here for that story.

And to finish off the official announcement, 

below is a sneak peak of the album cover.

State of the Studio #28: November '10

There hasn't been much news coming from the Studio because all efforts have been focused on one project:  the new Mune Mud album.  This is the first studio Mune Mud album since Hobson's Choice released in 2004.

An interview was recently conducted with Mune Mud and can be read in the November issue of Eclectic Musician.  Click here for the interview.

A preview song from the upcoming album was also released.  You can listen to the song here.

You can expect to hear more about the return of lunar music in the upcoming weeks.  By the next State of the Studio, the album will already be out.  Enjoy the new music!!

Listen Online!

"I Dream"

The first recordings of the Mune Mud project were made during a week-long break between semesters at school in June of 1990.  The three songs recorded that week were "Plutonic", "I'll Be Here", and "I Dream."  All three of those songs appeared on the 2008 retrospective release Precursory 33. 

While all three had remained unchanged for twenty years, it was decided to revisit one of them for the upcoming Mune Mud album.  "I Dream" was chosen for a remake and is being released as a preview track for the new album today.

This is an early preview version of the new song.  It is not yet complete and still needs final mastering, but this will give the listener an idea of how a song can change in twenty years.

Click here to listen to "I Dream", the 2010 preview version.

Click here to listen to "I Dream", the original song from 1990.

Interview

For more than a decade the fictitious magazine Eclectic Musician has been the exclusive publication to feature Metal XOR Studio. It has now published its fifth interview with the Studio in its November 2010 issue.

The fifth interview mainly focuses on the upcoming Mune Mud album. A recap of Studio activity in the last two years is also covered.  Plus, this is the first interview with pictures!  Enjoy the read.

2010 November Eclectic Musician Interview

State of the Studio #27: September '10

A new Mune Mud video was produced last month, inspired by a recent trip to West Virginia. It was the second Mune Mud video to be released.

With new software and hardware at the Studio, recording is well underway of a new Mune Mud album. Material was recorded last year towards a new album, but it's unclear as to whether any of that will be on the upcoming album. A passing comment from Jason shed a little light on the subject, "Compared to the new songs I'm working on, last year's recordings are too slow and serious for this album." The new album is planned to be released by the end of the year.

A couple of new websites are also in development for the Studio. Watch here for more info on those.

Until the November update, enjoy fall!!!