LUCRO SUCIO: LOS OJOS DEL VACÍO

As a big fan of The Mars Volta's old work, and having paid little attention to their newer stuff, I really didn't know what to expect going into this record. To get straight to the point, I thought it was pretty good. Nothing felt revolutionary like Frances the Mute, but that doesn't mean the album was bad. I really enjoyed a large portion of it. I also appreciate the album writing style of a bunch of shorter songs that flow together smoothly. It's not talked about a lot, but the way prog bands choose to divide up songs on their releases directly affects the listener's experience with that release. It tells a story when one half of a complete song is titled differently from the second half, and the only way to know they are two halves of a whole is to listen to them back-to-back. That being said, I didn't find a ton on the album to grab onto. It was really just a lot of nice moments that flowed well, and not much more. I think I have to give this a 6.5 or 7 out of 10.

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