The Mars Volta - The Mars Volta (September 16, 2022) Album • Page 28

Also, about half the songs are pretty rockin', yet I always think that it's like, fully downtempo, and it's not.

 

Seriously great record

 

love it

 

it's my least favorite volta record but I still really like it

 

Another Omar record worth checking out is Xenophanes if anyone wants to dive a bit deeper. Musically, it's VERY Mars Volta except for the one key factor that Omar is the singer on the album. Juan, Marcel and Pridgen round out the lineup so it really is Bedlam/Octahedron era TMV if Omar sang. Pridgen famously said that he thought he was recording a TMV album when working on these songs.

 

Love these little writeups. Xenophanes would have been a great Volta record imo

 

These write-ups are making me want to check out more of Omar’s stuff for sure!

Also, I forget if it’s been mentioned, but a third single “Vigil” drops on Friday.

 

haha thanks. Yeah Xenophanes has some killer music but I just never really can get too into Omar vocally unfortunately. These tracks with Cedric though? Woulda been crazy. It's also just crazy to think back to this time period and how much content Omar was creating, with so much of it being great.

Definitely worth it and hopefully posting in here helps guide to which ones to start with if you get the bug, certainly can't hurt to kill time before the new album is out

 

I did a full solo Omar discography binge recently, and regret not doing it later because I haven't kept track of which songs were my favorites and which albums they were from. Going back to find out would take me a while.

 

Vigil has this 70s upbeat soft rock vibe to it. Sounds like Zavalaz. Love it

 

Where did you hear it?

 

Also where can I get any Zavalaz stuff that exists, I never have looked for live sets or whatever

 

https://youtu.be/W7FkDOEX-XM

 

Excellent

 

Beautiful track

 

Another cool lil ditty!

 

Love it

 

Kinda jarring hearing them sound so chill & accessible but it’s a good tune

 

The Mars Volta - Kinetic Edition

Why this is $41 I have no goddamn idea. Preordered though, of course

 

that gold emboss printing gonna cost ya

 

is there anything on the backs of those tshirts? $30 for probably a gildan shirt lol gtfo

 

I like that single artwork more than the album art….

 

Gonna need some weird shit.

 

Think I’ll pass on this single and wait for the full album at this point.