FRANCES THE MUTE

I have to say this is an most outstanding prog-masterpiece! The intro for the album is a nice accoustic bit wich then kicks into a hard hitting and strange rhytm. The song then suddenly turns into a silent and jazzy mood before the vocals kick in in a most masterfull way and they return to the chorus. The next song The Widow is not that interesting but it is still a good song. L'Via has a incredibly cool song wich changes with deafening and pounding guitar riffs and some salsa riffs and then to turn into a more symphonic direction at the end. BEAUTIFULL!!! The next song, miranda that ghost just isnt holy anymore takes a while to really take off but when it does it sounds very untraditonal Mars volta and more like that ennio morricone music in "The good and the bad and the ugly" And then finally Cassandra Gemini a 32 minute breathtaking piece rounds it off nicely. I just think this is one of the biggest prog masterpieces ever. Anyways i have noticed that many seem to dislike the fact that mars volta likes to put noises at the end of the tracks and ok its a bit boring listening to them each time but then its just to skip the song. If you take away all the noise stuff you would get atleast 68mins of great music anyway!! And thats more than usual albums. I think the mars volta put the noise at the end is because the ones that did not like it just could skip it anyways. And i personnaly feel that it makes me live just a bit more into the story that is just one of the most complex and best written concept albums ever!. Cedric is a fantastic lyric writer and he tells the story with the "noises" the lyrics and the music. FANTASTIC!!!