While it may be news to some, it is certainly not news to Seattle's arithmetic-rockers Mars Accelerator that music relates to math. The band appeared on the underground rock scene in the mid-'90s with their debut LP I Am the South Pole on Sub Pop subsidiary RX Remedy Records. Their signature brand of intelligent guitar-dominated music features multiple intertwining melody/noise lines, odd time signatures, and the massive use of effects. Mars Accelerator quickly established a reputation for dense, complicated rock with an abundance of musical changes. In 1998, the band released their second album, Frankfurt: Telephonics, also on RX Rememdy. Continuing with their sometimes hard-to-digest sonic assault, the group's appeal would remain an underground phenomenon.

Following their second album, RX Remedy Records closed and two members left the group, seemingly putting a damper on further releases. But in 2001, the group reappeared on the Northwest club circuit with new members and a matured sound. Mars Accelerator self-released their latest album, Clouds For Your Y-Axis, online in 2008, with a hard copy release in the works. The album remains true to the band's penchant for complexity but features a subtler, more accessible approach. The songs are sonically dense, with a heavy emphasis on the atmosphere created by the band as a whole. Thick layers of effect-laden guitar surge in waves under singer Bobby Nath's nonchalantly earnest vocals, and thumping bass and drums keep the music pulsing throughout.

The band has been supporting the release of Clouds For Your Y-Axis with high energy live shows featuring the new lineup of Bobby Nath (guitar and vocals), Mark Leblanc (guitar), Mary Genova (bass and vocals), Justin Tomsovic (drums), and John Mulhausen (multi-instruments and vocals).