The Mars Volta - Frances The MuteFrances The Mute was no De Loused Part Two. For one thing, the bands configuration had changed, in the most painful way. Shortly before the release of De Loused, sound manipulator and founder member Jeremy Michael Ward passed away, a wound Omar says the group never recovered from. But even though his inspired fucking with the sonic parameters is absent from Frances The Mute, his spirit and influence can still be determined, the albums concept derived

I worked very quickly

De La Soul

‘76 saw Hermeto amass performance credits on Flora Purim’s Open Your Eyes You Can Fly

sleeker beast than 'The Boxer'

these ideas became the foundation for their musical works

the album is a fascinating soundscape experimenting with the new sampler technology - which

totally authentic

a song which had been rejected by the aforementioned label

Released on its maker's 32nd birthday

rain sticks and an old door frame that we used for percussion

Sans Parler D’Amour

this time out in the open rather than under the strobes