Cleveland trio Mystery of Two has often been compared to their hometown forefathers Pere Ubu, and with the release of the band’s debut album, 2007’s Arrows Are All You Know (Exit Stencil), it is clear why. The tension and urgency of the music, the tumultuous lyrics and passionate guitar/bass duels and the gritty realism of the album may be due to a scrappy existence spent in a struggling, mid-sized city (as we Buffalonians know all too well), or simply to a deep and intellectual vision that is all too rare. Either way, Pere Ubu’s influence—as well as that of fIREHOSE, Talking Heads and Television—is keenly felt. In-between new post-rock psychedlia and classic avant-garde, the anguished vocals of Ryan Weitzel meet well with drummer Nick Riley’s rythms and Lonn Schubert’s bass lines, creating a synergy within the weirdness. Mystery of Two comes to Merlin’s on Saturday (Sept. 15) night, with the Rockstar Suicides and Tiger Cried Beef.