New Mars Volta album: release date and details!

Im literally in tears here! Omar is a genious!

I like Tectragrammaton except the guitar intro gets on my nerves. I'm okay with it in the outro though...

This album is noiseless. There's a good :30 of ambience. That's IT. Meaning about 76 mins even of straight music. The album is still pausesless so it plays like one big Cassandra Geminni. I really like it except for one thing. John Frusciante ruins at least 2 minutes of the album with his horrid, scale hopping guitar solos. Omar's technique and sound is so much better, yet Frus. was subsituted at teh dumbest points a few times. It's moderately disappointing because I know if Omar had taken these points the solos would have been 10X more awesome and I'd love these moments. Tetragrammaton intro = AHHHH QUIT PLAYING JOHN. I hope he dies before the next release because death always makes a good TMV album =)

Quick track breakdown...QUIT READING SPOILERS (BUT NOT VERY BIG ONES):

Vicarious Atonement (quite haunting) 10/10

Tetragrammaton (first minute is average because of Frus. then it has a great great great vocal spot. This is really Cedric's shining moment) 9/10

Vermicide (not the best single in the world but it suits the album itself very well) 8/10

Meccamputechture (neat beginning and great horns throughout) 9/10

Asilos Magdalena (great guitarwork and very haunting) 10/10

Viscera Eyes (this song is great. more great vocal and horn spots. the guitar magically seems to come to life on this song, meaning Frus. is shoved aside) 10/10

Day of the Baphomets (great song with a sweet bass solo early on and sweet percussion one later on.) 10/10

El Ceirvo Vulnerado (Ambuletz anyone? Well not quite but just as mysterious, slow, and haunting. Oded choice for an ending, but fitting as the album mirrors itself) 9/10

So, my average as of now (if John's work can grow on me it'll be as good as the formers = 10/10).
10 + 9 + 8 + 9 + 10 + 10 + 10 + 9 = 75/80. 9.5/10. Very very good, but slightly dimished by some bad guitar spots. Enjoy...also I hope this kinda thing was allowed...

Volta is one of the only bands (if not the only band) that I have to wait until their album's release to actually get it. I can't hear a pirated copy first. I need to buy the album, hold it, look at it, and listen. Especially after Frances, which was the same way for me.

Amputechture has me more excited than a fat kid in a pastry shop, man.

im gonna wait for the actual album to come out, i downloaded 10,000 days prior to its release and was very excited to hear it, but i think it took away from the overall experience of the album....tho im extremely excited to hear it

Wow... ever get the feeling like a wave of exitement just hit you?

This album is fantastic.  The Mars Volta must have been reading some of the posts here at the archives because there is virtually no "noise" to speak of like in FTM.  All the songs are wonderfully constructed without filler.  This is the most coherent and well put constructed TMV album to date, bar none!  There's also some great SAX in it and excellent rhodes and hammond as well.  This album will surely not disappoint and I'm anxious to see what all you say about it as well as the TMV bashers.  

I have now heard the album in it's entirety and WOW. It's BY FAR the most progressive release and also it's stunning. I have a feeling TMV will be gaaining some new favors from the PA members with this one...

I will buy this album, and I will listen!

Yanns wrote: ^ Two questions. One, how absolutely sure are you that those three are the actual songs. Two, I've heard that the drumming is the most intense on any Volta album yet. We've all heard that. So, how is it the most laidback?

It's undeniably them the tracks I've heard...and as to your second question some have been speculating that Theodore was being sarcastic...but as the last post says, perhaps the longer tracks are more explosive and frenetic.