MARS VOLTA - s/t LP

Includes 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 Octahedron and the venture into synthier textures on Noctourniquet.