The Mars Volta

Citanul wrote: How representative of their work is the track that's available here (Eriatarka)?  I've listened to it, and based on that am definitely interested in getting hold of their albums, but I do want to know if I'm getting an accurate sample of their music.

 

Eriatarka is off De-loused, so if you like the song I suggest getting De-loused first.  then, if you're still interested in the band, I'd get their EP, Tremulant, and get the new albun last.  Starting off with Frances is not the smartest thing to do when it comes to the Volta.

How representative of their work is the track that's available here (Eriatarka)?  I've listened to it, and based on that am definitely interested in getting hold of their albums, but I do want to know if I'm getting an accurate sample of their music.

moonlapse wrote: transend wrote: I really tried with that CD, but after about 10-15 listens it just does NOTHING for me. I really am missing something I guess!! Same here.  Just can't get into it.

any of their albums take quite a while to get into, but prove very rewardind in the end

It's amazing music when they actually play music.  I just HATE that ambient mumbo jumbo they apparently feel obligated to tack on to each song.  I finally bought the 'frances the mute' title track single (the one released in europe but not US), and they tacked another like 5 minutes of ambient noise crap onto the song before they actually started playing. 

I prefer the music on frances the mute, but I like De-loused better as an album because It brings straight up prog without all the pretentious noise experiments.

 

They sound musically - very Djam Karet(I like them) to me - wicked vocalist(geddy lee) on top  - sounds good to me - don't think we've heard the best of them yet though.

It's a fascinating album, although I am not quite sure yet whether I really love it.

With their sounds described as new and uncomparable... listen if you have it to Introduzione, track one on the 1972 album Ys by Il Balletto di Bronzo....

Logos wrote: Orion wrote: out of curiousity..were some of the members from The Mars Volta part of At The Drive-In at some point in time? "Relationship of Command" is a pretty neat album!

The Mars Volta and Sparta are never going to be able to top that album.  Relationship of Command was the best thing any of those guys did and probably ever will do.

Frances The Mute is a rather interesting album, to say the least.

But nonetheless, I've never really seen (heard) such constructive chaos.

I like it.

I just head the Tremulant EP for the first time, half an hour ago ... I was rather disappointed because it felt like I'd heard it all before ... I can't help wondering how I would have felt about it, if I'd it in its correct context ...

I still think they need to move into a different direction for the third full album though ... I loved De-Loused, and Cassandra Gemini and parts of other tracks on Frances The Mute, but there is a danger of the style getting a little tired ... personally I'd like to see more keys and less atmospheric noise on the next one ...

Incredible band!!!!! Funny thing, just before they arrived I was thinking that prog missed a really crazy, gutsy and dark band, and voila! "Deloused..." came along. They may not have the powers of chaos control that avant-garde jazz and contemporary classical musicians possess, but this makes their battle with chaos all the more dramatic and interesting.