Since 1999, local outfit My Latex Brain has been trafficking in an extreme blend of industrial music and punk rock. Good is Dead, the new album from Hoops (vocals, keyboards), Chris Corn (bass) and Roger Owsley (drums), is firmly in that wheelhouse but has a higher quotient of melody mixed within the noise.

"As horrible and clichéd as it is, we're maturing," Corn said. "But we're really happy with where we are as a band. With each recording we keep getting a better representation of what we think we are."

"Good is Dead," the group's second studio release on its own Consumer Value Deluxe Recordings label, is a fast-paced album with short songs that segue into each or begin a split second after the previous track ended.

"We don't like to give a lot of breathing room," Owsley said. "At first I think we had an album that was geared more toward the hardcore. It came right out of the gate and if you weren't into that you were going to shut it down after about the second or third song. We sequenced it and tried to pace it out more and make it a little catchier for everyone. It just feels right."

Part of this change can be attributed to the addition of Owsley, the former Mondolux drummer who joined MLB in 2005.

"I was always a fan of My Latex Brain so when I joined the band it was real easy to pick up on things," Owsley said. "I come from a pretty aggressive past musically and I thought a lot of the songs needed to be faster and harder."

Another factor in MLB's musical evolution is Hoops' recent studio side projects.

"It helped me bring a lot of new stuff to the table with My Latex Brain," Hoops said. "This new record has some stuff on it I wouldn't have done before. There's some of the singing stuff I never did before because I was too self-conscious. There are backing vocals we really didn't have in there before because we never thought to do it."

My Latex Brain celebrates the release of the new CD Feb. 29 at Canal Street Tavern.

how to go

Who: My Latex Brain with Accidently on Purpose, Switchblade Serenade and Swell.

Where: Canal Street Tavern, 308 E. First St., Dayton.

When: 9:30 p.m., Feb. 29.

Cost: $5.

More info: (937) 461-9343 or www.canalstreettavern.com.