The Mars Volta – Noctourniquet (2012)

I’d love to force this writer, Rory O’Keeffe, to attend Nearfest, just out of spite, with comments like that..That write-up, while intriguing, reeks of the attittude hordes of snobs (and Hipsters) who pine for the return of At the Drive-In.

“The best American Rock Band to come out of the second half of the 1990s”  ? well, not really.

They were good and can be applauded for ambition, but there are other bands that at least formed and recorded their earliest music then that I still would take easily over AtDI. How about dredg, for one.

01. The Whip Hand (4:49)
02. Aegis (5:11)
03. Dyslexicon (4:22)
04. Empty Vessels Make The Loudest Sound (6:43)
05. The Malkin Jewel (4:44)
06. Lapochka (4:16)
07. In Absentia (7:26)
08. Imago (3:58)
09. Molochwalker (3:33)
10. Trinkets Pale Of Moon (4:25)
11. Vedamalady (3:54)
12. Noctourniquet (5:39)
13. Zed And Two Naughts (5:36)

Line-up / Musicians

– Omar Rodriguez-Lopez / guitars
– Cedric Bixler-Zavala / vocals
– Juan Alderete / bass
– Marcel Rodriguez-Lopez / keyboards, synths
– Deantoni Parks / drums
– Lars Stalfors / synths

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