Their debut album has been out for almost two years and somehow the outside world is only just getting to know them as that band that has that backward music video on YouTube. However you know them, Mute Math (or TBTHTBMVOYT, for… short?) is hitting up Sonar in Baltimore tonight for an evening of art rock/post rock/electro rock/whatever the hell music snobs and critics want to label it as.

The band has come a long way from its roots in New Orleans as a duo consisting of keyboardist Paul Meany and producer/percussionist Darren King. And, somehow, even after Meany adopted the keytar, their popularity continued to expand. Swirl in two more eclectic bandmates, on-stage acrobatics, “Stomp!”-like choreography and one infamous video in reverse, and Mute Math has helped reinvent the wheel on what a modern rock band should be. Oh, and they got to recreate the “Transformers” theme for that kinda/sorta big movie that came out this past summer. Not the musical highlight of their repertoire, but still cool.

Lead singer/keytarist God (hey, there’s not a lot of competition out there) Paul Meany took a few minutes to talk about his unique instrument choice, “American Idol,” and what Hell has in store for him.