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MARS VOLTA
"FRANCES THE MUTE"
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April 07, 2005
[MEXICAN PUNK/ROCK] If you've heard their radio-overplayed hit "The Widow," don't be mislead—the rest of the album sounds nothing like it. It's definitely more along the lines of their At the Drive In roots. Omar and Cedric are at it again, this time creating a concept album with no conventional song breaks, sort of like a free-form hard-rock epic, based on a stranger's journal. It thrashes and it swirls, and it's lyrically disturbing. And a lot of it is sung in Spanish. I know, I know… it's weird. Hey, it's experimental. It's loud. But it absolutely and unequivocally rocks. Oh yeah, and Flea plays the trumpet on it, too. —Universal Records 2005 [SAMANTHA CAMPOS]
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