The Mars Volta- Octahedron
Look, here’s the deal: If you don’t know what you’re getting into with a new Mars Volta record at this point, after seven years and five albums (plus one EP and a live thing or two), then my advice is to go directly to full-length numero uno, 2003′s De-Loused in the Comatorium. Sample its rhythmic-centric, post-emo art-rock, and decide if you need to continue through the band’s catalog. It only gets less user-friendly from there.
Because (speaking to the first-time listeners) “rhythm-centric” here doesn’t mean anything remotely funky. It means the frantic, percussion-heavy, multiple-tempo-shifts-per-song brand of complexity inaugurated by batshit 70s-era theatrical hard rock. Also, the band’s allegiance to jazz-fusion titans, ones not averse to fuzz and a low-end, means things get far…looser from album number two onward.
Please read the full review at Pitchfork: The Mars Volta: Octahedron.
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Pitchfork rates The Mars Volta’s Octahedron: 6: Look, here’s the deal: If you don’t know what .. http://www.roadburn.com/2009/06/pitchfor...
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Pitchfork have never liked The Mars Volta. Every record hare criticized quite harshly by the wannabees of indie cred. They have right in one thing though – this ain’t their best album. Their no.1 album as of today is Bedlam – a mighty mix of Miles Davis cool, King Crimson instrumentation and Frank Zappa madness..
I’m going to see them at Arvika and looking forward to it!
TMV ROX!! ;D
@Dyonschlebos gelukkig heeft iemand dat in de comments al opgemerkt dus dat trekt het weer recht: andere speel ik door aan de schrijfster
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@roadburnfest pitchfork heeft iets tegen TMV; check al die andere recensies maar…en dan objectief blijven…
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Actually i didn’t trip on the earlier stuff, but once Bedlam was released, i even bought it. And every time i listen to it there’s more
@roadburnfest en er staat zelfs een brute fout in: “As for Rodriguez-López’ lyrics” iedereen weet dat cedrix de teksten schrijft, jammer
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I did like the first EP and before that At The Drive-In’s Relationship of command (still of one of my favourites). But saw them live a couple of times after that and got bored with the prog/Santana stuff. But last year – at a jazz festival of all places – they rocked again. Put a 2 hour show in 45 minutes. That was brilliant.
@roadburnfest typo, het is Cedric..en ik zie nu pas de comments onderaan;-)
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