Listening to: The Mars Volta - De-Loused in the Comatorium
The Mars Volta is the closest anyone has ever come to being the heir apparent to the kingdom of Led Zeppelin. Think about it: sprawling, quasi-progressive rock based around heavy drumming and thick orchestrated guitars. A vocalist with banshee in his blood. Lyrics that may or may not make sense (in fact theirs are quite literate and disgusting at times), but are tied to incredibly catchy melodies.
De-Loused in the Comatorium sounds like the reckless, smack-talking, illegitimate punk grandson of Physical Graffiti. There's rock - there's salsa. Some of it sounds downright stolen from old Santana records. These guys, they think about music in a totally different way. They must.
The new record has five tracks on it and clocks in at one million hours, according to the Mars Volta website.
Well, I got to get going with some stuff here. I hate having to go compose because I have to stop listening to music in order to do it. Oh, for all you Nashville/Belmont peeps, I have a piece being featured on a recital tomorrow. 7:30 in Massey. For anyone reading from Murfreesboro, the same piece will be featured at an intercollegiate recital at MTSU on March 16.
For everyone else, I'll post recordings when I get them.
The Mars Volta is the closest anyone has ever come to being the heir apparent to the kingdom of Led Zeppelin. Think about it: sprawling, quasi-progressive rock based around heavy drumming and thick orchestrated guitars. A vocalist with banshee in his blood. Lyrics that may or may not make sense (in fact theirs are quite literate and disgusting at times), but are tied to incredibly catchy melodies.
De-Loused in the Comatorium sounds like the reckless, smack-talking, illegitimate punk grandson of Physical Graffiti. There's rock - there's salsa. Some of it sounds downright stolen from old Santana records. These guys, they think about music in a totally different way. They must.
The new record has five tracks on it and clocks in at one million hours, according to the Mars Volta website.
Well, I got to get going with some stuff here. I hate having to go compose because I have to stop listening to music in order to do it. Oh, for all you Nashville/Belmont peeps, I have a piece being featured on a recital tomorrow. 7:30 in Massey. For anyone reading from Murfreesboro, the same piece will be featured at an intercollegiate recital at MTSU on March 16.
For everyone else, I'll post recordings when I get them.
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