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    Posted: May 17 2009 at 21:33
TMV aren't perfect, and some of their stuff fails, but they're always trying something, and have more energy than anyone else out there. I'll be getting this on the day of release and will probably spin it half a dozen times in a row...
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Points: 1698 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 17 2009 at 21:28

^I agree if you're talking about the Bedlam stuff. Dead

I'm not sure whether or not I'll be going for the album seeing as:
 
1. My 'to get' list is huge
2. My income of music is far exceeded by the stuff I want
3. Bedlam in Goliath was a HUGE dissapointment.
4. The rest of their discography, although I can't deny their musicianship, is rather hit-and-miss for me.
 
I'm thinking I'll just wait to see how it fares once people get it.

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Points: 17493 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 17 2009 at 21:05
Originally posted by mrcozdude mrcozdude wrote:

So far sounds like Frances crossed with Bedlam.This surely can't be a bad thing. 
 
It actually is.... Dead Please... stop the energy drinks for the drummer...
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Points: 2078 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 17 2009 at 20:47
I should probably put the links for all four songs at the first page as well.It's to long to wait for this album.So far sounds like Frances crossed with Bedlam.This surely can't be a bad thing. 



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Points: 24429 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 17 2009 at 18:57
Well, Teo, I own quite a few albums by DT, and will very probably go and see them live on August 1LOL.... So, you see, you're not the only one!
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Points: 17493 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 17 2009 at 18:48
49 minutes? A song named after a mountain I've actually half-climbed? Seems I may give TMV a last try....
 
It would be the ridiculous case of a band I don't like that I own all their albums from... wait, I already do...Confused
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Points: 24429 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 17 2009 at 18:38
I knew that! I knew that!WinkLOL

Anyway, good news for those of you who were worried about the album's length... It seems this one is 49 minutes only, which is a really good thing. One of the main flaws of TBiG, in my opinion (as I pointed out in my review of it), was its excessive length.


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By the way... for your information... COTOPAXI is thename if the highest active volcano in thw world.. and it happens to be in my country!!!
 
 
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^They do. It may feel a bit weird because I'm used to their albums being the massive time consuming mouthfuls they've been up to this point.
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Points: 1818 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 17 2009 at 14:34

I discovered them this year and they are one of the most original bands from this era. Bedlam was avery good and agressive record. I just hope this time they make a 50 minute one instead of the usual length.
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Another new song on the album

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynE4NshxVkM

And another http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOVS431b3ww

Great stuff.



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Points: 10964 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 05 2009 at 03:03
Originally posted by mrcozdude mrcozdude wrote:

Originally posted by Mick Haldane Mick Haldane wrote:

Have a look at the Wikipedia page - it's got track listings plus cover art, which again looks awesome - like the last two it's very surreal, kind of Bitches Brew-esque, but needless to say they don't sound a lot like fusion (or any)-era Miles:
 



It wasn't displayed on the link so I thought I'd post it here.





that's some SICK looking cover art!
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Points: 3083 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 05 2009 at 01:13
Cotopaxi sounds like a great song, but am I the only one here who's kind of bothered that the production sounds almost exactly like the last two albums? Omar either needs to learn how to produce albums with different personalities & atmospheres or they should get Rick Rubin or an equivalent back at the helm there. In any case I think this is going to be a great record, even if the production isn't anything special.
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Points: 2078 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 04 2009 at 21:55
A lot of my friends have been put of by hearing Since we've been Wrong but everyone has to remember every Volta album has a televators i.e The Widow & Vicarious Atonement



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Points: 17 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 02 2009 at 12:39
Hopefully this one will be more song-orientated affair.

They can write great songs but for some mystic reason they always fill about 50% of their albums with drone and noise.

When they are good, they are really really good. At their worst they are, well, really really baaaaad!
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Points: 41 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 27 2009 at 14:10
Uh, Bedlam was a decent album, but as a Mars Volta album it kinda disappointed me, you know? The high (pun not intended ;P) vocals and the sonic chaos just weren't prolly my kind of thing. There were some pretty good, even awesome moments but it just didn't reach the previous albums' quality. But it had energy, that was just marvelous.

And Cotopaxi had the same energy, but the song structures were more like "before-TBiG"-Volta-style and guess what means these two fused together? Awesomeness, yes. I liked Cotopaxi very much and I'm seriously waiting for the album.
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Points: 6456 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 27 2009 at 11:01
Bedlam was another great entry to their catalogue, I don't think they'll let me down this time either. Cotopaxi works very well, I've listened to it twice so far.
It's on PA!
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Points: 1321 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 27 2009 at 10:45
meh, the single is not acoustic at all. It is heavy, dissonant, and uptempo, but much better than the stuff in Bedlam.

The other link is just a voice and an acoustic. I hope the studio version has more texture.
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Points: 5195 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 26 2009 at 09:13
Originally posted by Raff Raff wrote:

Let's hope for a US tour soon! I'd really love to see them live, as I missed them last year when they played in MilanUnhappy.


I envy US immigrants ... there are so many opportunities to see prog bands live.

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