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List Price : $29.99 Price : $29.88
List Price : $29.99 Price : $29.88
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Double 12-inch Opaque Blue & Orange Vinyl. This album features a widespine jacket with 2 full color 3D inner sleeves and 3D Glasses. Also included, Limited Edition 12'' x 24'' full color (folded) poster insert. This record does not include a digital download card.
Noctourniquet Reviews
Noctourniquet Reviews
| 30 of 33 people found the following review helpful  The Mars Volta - Noctourniquet, By This review is from: Noctourniquet (Audio CD) The Mars Volta return in 2012 with their sixth full-length studio album, Noctourniquet. As with most of their work many people will have made up their mind about whether they'll like it beforehand anyway, based on whether or not they like how the band keeps changing away from its early style. This time there is also a bit of interesting non-musical context surrounding the album that explains how and why Noctourniquet is the record that it is.Firstly, the band have been known in the past for having somewhat exacting standards of quality and timing and so if they aren't happy with something it doesn't come out under their name. This has lead to a live album and at least two full studio albums being scrapped or put on hold so far. During their previous album Octahedron's cycle the band claimed that the follow up album was already recorded, but soon after they decided to make this yet newer album instead. Now however it is unclear whether they actually did or not... Read more 5 of 5 people found the following review helpful A breathtaking, impressive synthesis of past elements with innovation to spare, This review is from: Noctourniquet (Audio CD) Like many die-hard fans of this band, the anticipation of a new release from The Mars Volta is one of the most exciting experiences. With each album, it becomes a sort of game to predict what type of twist and turns Omar Rodriguez-Lopez and Cedric Bixler-Zavala will take. So, we arrive at Noctourniquet, the 6th LP from the El Paso band. What do we get? Well, we get an extremely accomplished album, and for this fan, a massive sigh of relief and renewed excitement. See, The Mars Volta's last LP, Octahedron, was advertised to be a massive stripping down of their sound. For me, while it is certainly a decent record, it turned out to be rather hollow. The band wanted to slow down the in-your-face abrasive attack that quite frankly, peaked on The Bedlam in Goliath, but they did not have the songs to back it up. This record definitely succeeds where Octahedron somewhat failed. Not only does it have good songs, it has EXCELLENT songs. You also get a smorgasboard of past influences of the... Read more 10 of 13 people found the following review helpful  "Interesting" doesn't make it good, Amazon Verified Purchase This review is from: Noctourniquet (Audio CD) I agree with other reviewers that this album presents "haunted dreamscapes" that are quite interesting, but the end result just doesn't captivate this listener. With the loss of Owens and Frusciante, it seems to me that TMV retreated into studio obsession and forgot that a good song (and a good album) must be more than the sum of its multitudinous parts (interestingly, the change in drummer didn't really hurt; Parks actually stands out here and that's saying something after the unrestrained power and speed of Prigden. Parks has a similar approach to drumming...). Cedric's more honest lyrical portrayal in this album reveals a voice that actually needed all the effects and processing that characterized past albums. Songs like Vedamalady typify the album: the intro soundscape raises interest, but once the song proper starts, there just isn't much there - major key waffling with carefully orchestrated electronic overlays. I waited for the song to be over so I could hear the next one... Read more |
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