MARS VOLTA - s/t LP experimental 11 studio album from the

11 studio album from the long-standing Australian rockers

oily basslines and raw vocal hollerings

while the psycho-drama of "Frankie Teardrop" (Bruce Springsteen's all-time favorite song) delves even further into cinematic storytelling and

the epic scope of Glenn Branca

MARS VOLTA - s/t LP experimental 11 studio album from theIncludes 4 pg booklet with lyrics and liner notes. After 6 albums of progressive rock, much (but not all) of which was energetic, experimental, and highly complex and re listenable, this album is a pivot towards pop rock, specifically art pop and art rock with electronic elements. If you'd been paying attention to TMV near their inital breakup, their last 2 albums hinted at this direction, with the comparatively more traditional song structures of