tHE mARS vOLTA - fRANCIS tHE mUTE

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Posted by Allied Nations on May-31-2005 15:49:

tHE mARS vOLTA - fRANCIS tHE mUTE

1. Cygnus...Vismund Cygnus: Sarcophagi
2. Cygnus...Vismund Cygnus: Umbilical Syllables
3. Cygnus...Vismund Cygnus: Facilis Descenus Averni
4. Cygnus...Vismund Cygnus: Con Safo
5. Widow
6. Via l'Viaquez
7. Miranda That Ghost Just Isn't Holy Anymore: Vade Mecum
8. Miranda That Ghost Just Isn't Holy Anymore: Pour Another Icepick
9. Miranda That Ghost Just Isn't Holy Anymore: Pisacis (Phra-Men-Ma)
10. Miranda That Ghost Just Isn't Holy Anymore: Con Safo
11. Cassandra Geminni: Tarantism
12. Cassandra Geminni: Plant a Nail in the Navel Stream
13. Cassandra Geminni: Faminepulse
14. Cassandra Geminni: Multiple Spouse Wounds
15. Cassandra Geminni: Sarcophagi

After listening to this album a good ten times, which is necessary for any mars volta type album to properly enjoy it, i have found out that i am in love with it. not like omghi2u love, but it just works.

the whole album is essentially one song. its all perfectly combined and trasisitoned (think sasha+rock) and is full of different influences, like rock, punk, metal, jazz, salsa, its got everything all in a rocking package.

This album will move into my "introspective" album category, which is where the best most thought provoking inner awesomeness commonly overlooked albums go. i cant get enough of it, and it just flows, the whole thing is like amazing. perfect moments of silence with soft ambient noise, amazing guitars work, sharp clean production (rare in a rock album like this nowadays, not dirty recording at all)

one song is in spanish as well, and i dunno, it just works.

+1 for this album and +2 for the mars volta.

keep on rocking

also check out

De-Loused in the Comatorium

another wicked album.

Posted by mentalbarter on May-31-2005 15:58:

is this not music?

Posted by Danny Ocean on May-31-2005 16:00:

did you just recently find out about them?

anyways theyre probably one of the greatest bands ever.

Posted by Estella on May-31-2005 16:01:

quote:
Originally posted by Danny Ocean
did you just recently find out about them?

anyways theyre probably one of the greatest bands ever.

NO.

Posted by Allied Nations on May-31-2005 16:06:

quote:
Originally posted by Danny Ocean
did you just recently find out about them?

anyways theyre probably one of the greatest bands ever.

no, just got this abum its still fairly new, so i wanted to share its greatness.

ive been with them since at the drive in, i dont like sparta tho... mars volta is betta

Posted by medinaM5 on May-31-2005 17:51:

they sound like a new age pink floyd, imo

Posted by Allied Nations on May-31-2005 18:04:

ud actually be suprised at some of the similarities between this and early floyd, like umma gumma

Posted by fitom tiel on May-31-2005 20:06:

they've accepted Pink Floyd as one of their major influences. also: Zeppelin.

this album is great. anybody see my Frances the Mute theme in here? lasted about..three weeks. a month.

but alright. i love The Mars Volta.
i did not think De-Loused could be topped and was sort of scared when the tracklist to this came out.
it was originally five tracks, 74 minutes in lenght. the label then forced them to split the 5th track into about 7 variations, but it lasts in total about 32 minutes as a whole.
i was scared, also, when first listening to it. i couldn't get into it for a while. it's an extreme acquired taste.
but once it hits, you realise the complexity of the sound. of the whole project.
you see the concept.
and then de-loused seems like...what ATDI seems to The Mars Volta now. it's a constant maturity between those two guys and their companions. damn.

btw, about half of the album is in spanish. nay, 25-30%.

and they'll be opening or touring with SOAD in the fall/second half of the summer. rumoured to be opening for them both: dredg

also, i'm seeing them in exactly..8 days. in their hometown.
i'm. psyched. as. hell.

Posted by stren on May-31-2005 20:16:

greg, you should come to warsaw at june the 20th, to see them live

Posted by Sand Leaper on May-31-2005 20:37:

quote:
Originally posted by Estella
NO.

An explanation as to why might be helpful if you want to be taken seriously

Posted by wizniz on May-31-2005 20:56:

i listen to them too

they're interesting and pretty good
but they weird and an aquired taste

Posted by prolikewhoa on May-31-2005 21:03:

i love the mars volta!!!! they're great.

Posted by TheKidsWantTechno on May-31-2005 22:19:

mars volta is suh-weeet!

heard this album the first time i ever tripped on acid, haha! what an experience

Posted by mentalbarter on Jun-01-2005 10:38:

i listened to this but cant get into it. songs are all fecking well long too.
gimme some arcade fire any day

Posted by Cal on Jun-01-2005 17:13:

I heard them when they opened for red hot chili peppers here last summer. The black dude OD'ed like 3 weeks after the concert.

They do sound good though.

Posted by Pete K on Jun-02-2005 13:09:

Greatest Mexican band ever lol. But seriously they kick ass, my favorite track on the cd is The Widow.