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Mars Volta - "Frances the Mute"

Label - Universal
Reviewed by: Kevin Cloe
Genre: Prog Rock
Country: USA
Language: English
Length: 76:55
Release Date: March 1, 2005
Label:
Universal
Band Members: Cedric Bixler Zavala / vocals Omar A Rodriguez-Lopez / guitars
  Jon Theodore / drums Juan Alderete / bass
  Ikey Owens / keyboards Marcel Rodriguez / percussion
  Larry Harlow / piano / piano - Flea / trumpet John Frusciante / guitar
  Adrian Terrazas / saxophone, flute
 
     
Track Listing: 1.)-Cygnus... Vismund cygnus (13:02) A) Sarcophagi 5.)-Pour another icepick
  B.)- Umbilical syllables 6.)- Piscacis (Phra-men-ma)
  C.)- Facilis descenus averni 7.)-Con safo
  D.)-Con safo 8.)-Cassandra Gemini (32:27)
  2.)- The Widow (5:50) 8.)- A) Tarantism
  3.)-L'vi l'viaquez (12:21) 9.)-B) Plant a nail in the navel stream
  4.)-Miranda that ghost just isn't holy anymore (13:09)-A) Vademecum 10.)-C) Faminepulse
    11.)-D) Multiple spouse wounds
    12.)-E) Sarcophagi
   
The Review

This is a very controversial band who sounds like a more experimental Coheed and Cambria. very high pitched vocals (which I love) and a crazy guitar player with inventive, quickly played riffs. Not many simple chords here. I really loved the debut from this band, but the problem with this album is..... the noise. It was present before, but in smaller doses. It is the same principal applied when an "artist" throws some paint on a canvas in a random pattern and calls it "art". Come on. Its crap. Same thing with noise noodling. Got news for you: its not art - it is simply noise. Don't get me wrong - when these guys are actually playing, their stuff is 5 star material. Out of the 75 minutes on this disc - about 45 is great stuff. And I mean GREAT. But for some reason, they tend to go off on tangents that are 4-5 minutes long in length involving bleeps, whirring, and just sound in general. If you want to hear that, I have a great suggestion for you that you may not have thought of - go outside and walk around. You can hear some great "noises" doing that. But don't put it in a record, causing me to have to use the fast forward button. Now for the good: as I indicated - when this album gets going - it is very unique and in line with the previous release. It is too difficult to describe what this band sounds like with any success - try some samples but beware due to the length of songs - better to try listening to a friend's copy before buying.

Rating - 3 stars for the good stuff in between the noise.

 

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