Title: Progressive?
Review: Progressive? Hardly. There's absolutely nothing new on this album. Essentially, this sounds just like At The Drive In except the songs (and song titles) are longer. Oh, and totally unemotional too. I forgot that part. At The Drive In always sounded remarkably ferocious and physical...you know, like a BAND should. The Mars Volta don't sound like a band, they sound like a science experiment. Now, that could be cool if this album was truly experimental or if its chilliness served some greater musical purpose, but really, the Mars Volta strive for emotion and fail miserably here. This gets two stars cus that song "Inertiatic Esp" is still pretty cool and no matter how boring this album is, it's not as boring as the other post-At The Drive In band Sparta. All in all, I guess this album means well and gets points for trying, but I'll just stick to "Relationship Of Command," thank you very much.
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