The MARS VOLTA_Bedlam in Goliath USB stick LIMITED RARE
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Description
RARE AND SOLD OUT USB STICK WITH NEW ALBUM AND ACCESS TO EXCLUSIVE MATERIAL
FOR HARDCORE FANS!
Track listing
1. Aberinkula
2. Metatron
3. Ilyena
4. Wax Simulacra
5. Goliath
6. Tourniquet Man
7. Cavalettas
8. Agadez
9. Askepios
10. Ouroborous
11. Soothsayer
12. Conjugal Burns
Details
Playing time:
75 min.
Producer:
Omar Rodriguez Lopez
Distributor:
Universal Distribution
Recording type:
Studio
Recording mode:
Stereo
SPAR Code:
n/a
Album notes With its furious sonic assault, wildly surrealist sensibility, and volatile mystique, the Mars Volta seemed like a band that would gloriously self-destruct after a couple of albums. Although the Los Angeles-based post-punk/prog-rock group did allegedly almost break up prior to THE BEDLAM IN GOLIATH, the record finds vocalist Cedric Bixler Zavala, guitarist Omar A. Rodriguez-Lopez, and company still creating a fascinating racket more than four years after its startling 2003 debut, DE-LOUSED IN THE COMATORIUM.
Informed by Rodriguez-Lopez's bad ouija-board experiences, THE BEDLAM IN GOLIATH is typically cryptic in its subject matter, and unsurprisingly fiery in both Bixler Zavala's signature wail and the ensemble's tight instrumental interplay, particularly on the surging "Wax Simulacra." While Rodriguez-Lopez's searing guitar lines are at the fore, BEDLAM's secret weapon is the drumming of new recruit Thomas Pridgen, who propels the songs forward with a pummeling, tightly wound momentum (see the shifting rhythms of "Goliath"), bringing a palpable sense of vitality that reverberates throughout the album.
When the Mars Volta put out its latest album, The Bedlam in Goliath last month, the act gave its hardcore fans an option that is becoming increasingly popular - and creative.
Instead of a CD or digital version of the Universal album, fans can buy a USB stick designed like a Ouija board planchette. The device comes with a digital-rights-management-free version of the album and the promise of more bonus materials in coming months. Users simply plug it into their computer’s USB drive and then listen to the album or download it into their music library.
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