Many times have I purchased an album on the strength of a single song I heard on the radio, only to find that it was the only song I liked on the collection; as if the artist had said, “Let’s try something different with this one,” struck gold, but then did not follow the vein. This time, as a listener, I decided to do something different. Rather than buying the album, I went to see The Mumlers at the Echo, who I had only liked because of the song “Coffin Factory”.

Spoiler alert: I was not disappointed. “Coffin Factory” is still probably my favorite song and now I know it also serves as a fair representative of their overall sound, which is some mystical blend of The Shins and Screamin’ Jay Hawkins. Not so much the “screaming” part as the darkness that his music presents.

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