roentgenizdat
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Post by roentgenizdat on Apr 14, 2009 12:05:41 GMT -5
Pitchfork says this is the first single from Octahedron. The album will be released June 23rd.
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pen
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Post by pen on Apr 14, 2009 12:17:53 GMT -5
God I hope it's better than their last two albums. Please guys, stop noodling around and remember how to write a song again instead of just "jamming" for over an hour.
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Post by halo19 on Apr 14, 2009 12:18:30 GMT -5
Wow, that's fast. I hope this can interest me in a way that their stuff after Frances hasn't.
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Post by My Life Is A Stereo on Apr 15, 2009 3:28:42 GMT -5
I read the title and immediately started humming Kelly Clarkson's Since You've Been Gone.......good thing I haven't ever liked a Mars Volta song so I won't have to worry about it, I will however have to hunt them down and kill them for placing a KC song in my head!
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Post by (Artie Ziff) on Apr 15, 2009 18:02:15 GMT -5
Finally. Regardless if this is the first one or not, any The Mars Volta on the radio is great for me.
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Post by Nicholas2.0 on Apr 16, 2009 0:52:10 GMT -5
I ended up buying their last two albums real cheap last summer and unfortunately, I think the main factor was how much the artwork rules. Because while I like both albums, I quickly realized that I won't be returning to them nearly as much as I re-listen to their first two still.
It's actually surprising that I like Frances way more than the latter two, considering the 4th and 5th suites (suites!) are so long. If that album were to have come out in the past 2 or 3 years, I probably wouldn't have the attention span for it. Somehow it got grandfathered in.
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pen
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Post by pen on Apr 16, 2009 1:02:29 GMT -5
Don't worry Nick, it's not your attention span, the last two Volta albums just suck, that's all. Those two suites are maybe the best things this band has ever done. I'm hoping it doesn't stay that way.
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Post by Pipa on Apr 16, 2009 15:23:38 GMT -5
Bedlam in Goliath was a step in the right direction. Judging from the title I think we're getting something more along the lines of "The Widow".
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Post by pen on Apr 16, 2009 16:14:35 GMT -5
I'd like to step back and say for a minute that I'm listening to Amputechture now, and it's not anywhere near to as bad as I have been saying it was. Maybe I'm just more open to it now or something, but it's not a bad release. Still not as fulfilling as De-Loused or Frances, but not terrible. I'm curious now if Bedlam will grow on me too, because I actually disliked that one more.
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Post by Ron57 on Apr 16, 2009 19:00:44 GMT -5
I read the title and immediately started humming Kelly Clarkson's Since You've Been Gone.......good thing I haven't ever liked a Mars Volta song so I won't have to worry about it, I will however have to hunt them down and kill them for placing a KC song in my head! I did the same thing xD. Never liked the Mars Volta. They're too weird in my opinion. |
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Post by halo19 on Jun 22, 2009 14:03:01 GMT -5
I kind of have had a love-hate thing with TMV through the years. Up until Frances I had no real problems with them and was enthralled when I heard of them co-headlining with SOAD. But then I grew weary of them by Amputechture and when I heard Bedlam I couldn't get into those songs, so I was kind of skeptic of what I'd hear from them.
Not only is this a more conventional song title from them but it's kind of boring. Which is unfortunate because I streamed the album on their myspace and the album could be their finest since FTM, based on my listening. But "SWBW" was my least favorite.
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Post by Nicholas2.0 on Jun 27, 2009 13:54:41 GMT -5
I kind of have had a love-hate thing with TMV through the years. Up until Frances I had no real problems with them and was enthralled when I heard of them co-headlining with SOAD. But then I grew weary of them by Amputechture and when I heard Bedlam I couldn't get into those songs, so I was kind of skeptic of what I'd hear from them. Not only is this a more conventional song title from them but it's kind of boring. Which is unfortunate because I streamed the album on their myspace and the album could be their finest since FTM, based on my listening. But "SWBW" was my least favorite. Interesting. I'll be sure to at least stream it, myself, then, despite being fatigued by the rapid clip in which they release albums. |
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Post by pen on Jun 27, 2009 14:24:30 GMT -5
So far I am really enjoying this album, and I am surprised because I absolutely hated Amputechture and Bedlam, although they do have some moments. But this album it sounds like they learned how to write a song again. Less masturbation, more music.
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