Grand Rapids folk-rockers The Muteflutes are preparing to record a new album. They gave fans a sneak peek into new songs for Local Spins on WYCE. Listen to the podcast, including new tracks by regional acts.
‘A Bigger Feel’: The Muteflutes are aiming for that as they get ready to return to the recording studio this winter. (Photo/David Specht)
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The Muteflutes may be in the perfect position as a band, as they work on new songs for a third studio album after solidifying the group’s five-piece lineup with release of 2014’s “American Dream.”
In Studio X: The Muteflutes performing during Local Spins on WYCE.
Comfortable with their roles and their direction, the Grand Rapids folk-rockers are headed into a Minneapolis recording studio in January to lay down tracks for songs that exude more “warmth, positivity and hopefulness.”
“It’s not more folky,” says guitarist Aaron Wildey. “I think there is a bit more rock in it or more dirt on the electrics. I think it’s got a bigger feel.”
After more than five years, says frontman, lead singer and guitarist Micah McLaughlin, The Muteflutes — McLaughlin, Wildey, drummer Levi Gardner, keyboard player Marie Dornan and bassist Adam Thompson — have settled into a comfortable groove.
“It feels to me like the closest to what I’d want to say, ‘This is kind of our sound.’ There were some changes in members of the band between the first and second album,” he says. “It’s all been the same five members here now for almost two-and-a-half, three years. It kind of feels like we hit our stride and this is our sound.”
They showed off that sound during their appearance on Friday for Local Spins on WYCE, playing two brand new tunes, “Worry About the Wind” and “Just Like You,” and chatting about their upcoming recording project and an upcoming performance Wednesday night at Grand Rapids’ SpeakEZ Lounge as part of the Local Spins Wednesdays series.
PODCAST: Local Spins on WYCE, Nov. 6, 2015
Listen to the podcast of the Nov. 6 edition of Local Spins on WYCE here, an episode that included new songs by Fine Fine Titans and E. Andrei, and tracks by The Appleseed Collective, Tom Hymn, Bob Rowe, Jessica in the Rainbow, Mark Lavengood and Greg Nagy.
Get more information about The Muteflutes on their Facebook page.
VIDEO: The Muteflutes, “Worry About the Wind”
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