It's been five years since Mutemath played Lollapalooza, but the NOLA outfit came to the Chicago fest with their crowd-pleasing alt-rock tunes along with new material from their upcoming LP—their first in four years. Fuse caught up with the band to talk new music.

Lead singer Paul Meany explained the long wait to record new songs:

"We just made a decision, we wanted to take our time. Transition, experience life a little bit, not rush an album.

"I would certainly say it's a departure a bit. We changed up the formula and palette of sound. The way we looked song ideas and how we dressed them; we tried to get away with as little as we would do to a song. That was process of growth for us, because we had never put those kind of parameters on ourselves."