On this CD it's shorter between the "climaxes" and with exception of one song (11th out of 12) I like the rest extremely well. Personally my favorite Mars Volta CD was Frances The Mute, I loved how they took their time on that album and how psychedelic build-ups lasting for 10 minutes finally blasted out, reaching their climax. It's certainly a lot more intensive than Frances the Mute or Amputechture all in all, but it's packed with a lot of groovy funk, incredibly explosive solos (be it a bass, saxophone, guitar, drums or vocals) and it's all weaved together in a package of well-written songs. However, just like with all the earlier records (Except maybe De-Loused, that one was easy to get into) a lot of things are revealed only after you have spent a little time with it. And like Amputechture, that the album felt like it had been "built", following a certain recepy. also I didn't like the vocals all that much. First of all I felt that the drums were abit too intense, like they were present constantly and going at full speed. I recall getting a bit worried when I heard through this CD the first couple of times.
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