The Mars Volta Post New Song

[Katie Schmitz]

The Mars Volta (http://www.myspace.com/themarsvolta) have posted a new song entitled "Viscera Eyes" on their Myspace (http://www.myspace.com/themarsvolta).

Submitted by UndertheTELE

[UndertheTELE]

Yes! My first news. The song is 9 minutes long so they split it into 2 parts on myspace.

[Alex DiVincenzo]

Not a fan.

[UndertheTELE]

I think the song is sick. It reminds me a little of L'via L'viaquez.

[CrucifiedHeart]

HOLY FUCKING SHIT

the solo/dual guitars and Cedrics last vocal parts on Viscera Eyes 2 is FUCKING AMAZING

WOW.

wow.

[UndertheTELE]

HOLY FUCKING SHIT

the solo/dual guitars and Cedrics last vocal parts on Viscera Eyes 2 is FUCKING AMAZING

WOW.

wow.


I agree, I really like the whole song, but I wish it wasn't split into 2 parts though, it's so frustrating when part 1 just ends suddenly

[yutsmcgee]

Yea, this is great. It is a bit reminiscent of L'via L'viaquez. Can't wait for this album.

[ShallowDepths]

Its ALL amazing. but its not going to change anyones mind about the band.
that being said i still love them more than anyone making music today.

[Steve Henderson]

Fucking lame. This band needs to remember how to rock again.

[UndertheTELE]

I donno if the mars volta are too concerned with bringing the rock...

[Steve Henderson]

I donno if the mars volta are too concerned with bringing the rock...I realize that. The song construction on Deloused was so damned good, though. I want a new "Cicatriz ESP"

[A picasso blue]

I swear to god ive heard that bassline part before..but where?...

[UndertheTELE]

I realize that. The song construction on Deloused was so damned good, though. I want a new "Cicatriz ESP"

Have you ever heard Cicatrix? Their original idea of the song was drastically different. It actually had a much groovier feel, and the part at the end of the song where he sings "drag your vessel, punch your clock in" was the main line in the chorus and "i've defected" was in the background. With that said, i love Cicatriz.

[snowtires]

laaaaaaaaaame. ok, we get it dude, you can speak spanish. and that riff definitely isn't cool enough to be played for 8 minutes straight

[mikearduini9]

I realize that. The song construction on Deloused was so damned good, though. I want a new "Cicatriz ESP"

I agree 100%

[snowtires]

I agree 100%

what, you guys don't want them to write 20 seconds worth of a song and jam out on it for ten minutes?

[UndertheTELE]

what, you guys don't want them to write 20 seconds worth of a song and jam out on it for ten minutes?


I think you guys are asking for something different than what the Mars Volta are providing. If you want a rock band, go listen to Gatsbys American Dream or the Rx Bandits, but it seems (based on 4 records) that the Mars Volta have a slightly different vision.

[alexwohl29_90]

This is everything I expected from the Mars Volta and More...




I am in love.

[Cicatriz JPL]

The song is awesome, TMV fans will all appreciate it. And the best part is, no matter how much bashing people on message boards do to their music, they wont give a shit, because they dont make music for the hits, they make it to capture moments.

[alexwohl29_90]

I'm assuming all you people hatin' on this song didn't like Frances the Mute?

[Mitch]

This album is incredible.

[snowtires]

I think you guys are asking for something different than what the Mars Volta are providing. If you want a rock band, go listen to Gatsbys American Dream or the Rx Bandits, but it seems (based on 4 records) that the Mars Volta have a slightly different vision.

dude, i thought their first lp was great, probably because they still had to listen to a label as far as song structure goes. the second record was garbage. there's one song that starts with 4 minutes of frogs/crickets chirping. sweet, thanks for that amazing song! the last song has 4 minutes worth of music and 26 worth of noise. it's a copout. they can fill up entire albums with noise and people like you will think they're 'visionaries' and their music is 'ground-breaking,' but it's not. they're just recreating led zeppelin live shows, in a studio. even zeppelin had the sense to not put their hours of noodling on studio records.

p.s. neither of those bands are rock bands.

[UndertheTELE]

dude, i thought their first lp was great, probably because they still had to listen to a label as far as song structure goes. the second was garbage. that last song has 4 minutes worth of music and 26 worth of noise. it's a copout. they can fill up entire albums with noise and people like you will think they're 'visionaries' and their music is 'ground-breaking,' but it's not. they're just recreating led zeppelin live shows, in a studio. even zeppelin had the sense to not put their hours of noodling on studio records.

p.s. neither of those bands are rock bands.

Well, regardless of whether you appreciate (or notice) it, there is meaning behind their "noise." I'm sure they're not sitting around saying "well lets put out an 80 minute album, but i don't feel like writing 80 minutes worth of music, lets only write 60 and fill the rest with noise!"

[Steve Henderson]

dude, i thought their first lp was great, probably because they still had to listen to a label as far as song structure goes. the second record was garbage. there's one song that starts with 4 minutes of frogs/crickets chirping. sweet, thanks for that amazing song! the last song has 4 minutes worth of music and 26 worth of noise. it's a copout. they can fill up entire albums with noise and people like you will think they're 'visionaries' and their music is 'ground-breaking,' but it's not. they're just recreating led zeppelin live shows, in a studio. even zeppelin had the sense to not put their hours of noodling on studio records.

p.s. neither of those bands are rock bands.Haha, you are so dead-on.

[Steve Henderson]

Well, regardless of whether you appreciate (or notice) it, there is meaning behind their "noise." I'm sure they're not sitting around saying "well lets put out an 80 minute album, but i don't feel like writing 80 minutes worth of music, lets only write 60 and fill the rest with noise!"Actually, it was more like 20-30 mins of music and the rest bullshit.

[CrucifiedHeart]

the difference between me/fans of frances and nonfans is probably that i dont see those parts as noise at all... i personally took it as like a film score obviously setting a scene like a movie.

ex: end of cygnus = someone runs outside, you can hear traffic
ex: miranda = beginning: nighttime, these frogs in puerto rico
ending: you can hear a shower, probably a part of the story....
etc etc

For fucks sake, EACH SONG NAME is named after a character. I dont know why thats so hard for people to digest, i guess people want 3 minute straight rock songs. Those are fine too, for what they are, but its like junk food ,disposable trash you use for what it is and throw it and forget about in less than 2 years while you move on from disposable band to disposable band.




And for people wanting more Deloused, thats my favorite TMV album also, but I love them all a ridiculous amount and I guess the way i feel is i dont want another Deloused at all.
Deloused was already made, thats what Deloused is for.
Its like making another movie about the same goddamn thing.

[snowtires]

Well, regardless of whether you appreciate (or notice) it, there is meaning behind their "noise." I'm sure they're not sitting around saying "well lets put out an 80 minute album, but i don't feel like writing 80 minutes worth of music, lets only write 60 and fill the rest with noise!"

right, they're saying, 'let's put out an 80 minute album and write 15 minutes worth of music and fill the rest with noise.' well, i lie, it looks like for this one they said, 'let's write one riff and then repeat it a hundred times, that'll fill up some space.' i mean, i understand there's meaning to the noise, but there's no reason to have that much of it for that long, it becomes pointless. about 75% of their last album was noise and filler, it's weak. just because they can put 74-80 minutes worth of sound on a cd doesn't mean they should.

[UndertheTELE]

But that doesn't make sense. Do you really think they were just writing filler? They're soundscapes. If it doesn't interest you, then why listen to the music at all? Thats like listening to Explosions In The Sky and saying "well it's good but i wish there was more singing." There are plenty of other bands out there being a little bit more straight forward with their music, obviously TMV are going for something deeper.

[alexwohl29_90]

right, they're saying, 'let's put out an 80 minute album and write 15 minutes worth of music and fill the rest with noise.' well, i lie, it looks like for this one they said, 'let's write one riff and then repeat it a hundred times, that'll fill up some space.' i mean, i understand there's meaning to the noise, but there's no reason to have that much of it for that long, it becomes pointless. about 75% of their last album was noise and filler, it's weak. just because they can put 74-80 minutes worth of sound on a cd doesn't mean they should.


Dude, its the Mars Volta. They can do whatever the fuck they want to do.

[Steve Henderson]

I think all these ideas sound great in their heads, but fail to translate well to the medium of the album. That is it in a nutshell. This crap that they have been releasing is masturbatory, self-congratulatory shit.

[snowtires]

no, i don't think they were writing filler. i think those two dudes are sitting in a studio somewhere, looking in a mirror and jerking off, thinking about how much 'deeper' they are than every other band out there. i listened to this song because their first album was good, they had something cool going. because of that, i thought, hmm, maybe i'll give them another chance and check this out. and now they stole another 10 minutes of my life. if you want to listen to a good band that does noise the way it should be done, listen to old man gloom or isis. at least the filler shit is interesting. who the fuck wants to listen to someone ringing a bell for ten minutes?

[Cicatriz JPL]

If you have anything negative to say about the band, then you really just arent grasping the concept. Omar writes the music as if it were a movie. All these soundscapes that you guys are calling bullshit 'fillers' are all part of the script. De-Loused was clearly their best album yes, FTM was good as well and I hope this album to be the best yet.

[UndertheTELE]

I think all these ideas sound great in their heads, but fail to translate well to the medium of the album. That is it in a nutshell. This crap that they have been releasing is masturbatory, self-congratulatory shit.


I disagree, and i think that some of you are missing the point of the albums. I listen to the mars volta because they offer something in their style that other rock bands don't provide. If i wanted rock from these dudes, i'd listen to ATDI (which i often do, WHEN I WANT ROCK). Sparta is good for that too.

[painisaillusion]

I loved mars voltas first cd but after they started adding 4 5 mins of the same riff to each song it got annoying. I'm perfectly fine with bands writing 10 min long songs as long as they are actually 10 mins worth of music. Not 2 min intro of some random noise 4 mins of song than 4 mins of some random noise that just repeats itselft. If you need to find the ideal mold for a perfect long song than don't look any further than tool. Best band ever at being able to write epic songs but still hold the listeners attention. Mars volta makes me fall asleep as I'm listening and I can't even concentrate on what they are doing because some of it is so boring. First cd still one of my favs ever wish they would go back to making nice 6-8 min songs that are catchy and good.

[CrucifiedHeart]

i will 100% agree that the music is totally selfish but i just personally feel the same way about my music as well. I write what i wanna write, if someone doesnt like it i do not care whatsoever.

it reminds me of fugazi even, they charged $5 per show and they had certain rules they liked to apply. if you didnt like it, you could take your $5 and leave, its that simple. Its not a "i'm so genius im better than you" thing, its simply, if you dont like it, dont listen and leave in a very polite and straightfoward manner.


its weird to me that people would complain about an artist being too self-centered while also complaining about bands that sell out. is there some supreme fucking perfect balance that exists that i dont know about? of course this band gets accused of being so self-centered, cause they throw so much of themselves into their fucking music. I'm so sick of the accusations of pretention, pretention is when someone acts like theyre really smart or artsy or etc etc but theyre full of shit. The Volta more than back up their art , but I guess people want them to bend over and cater to them and write albums for "the fans"

Would you like fries with that?

[rhythmgtr5]

Myspace is being lame and not letting me stream it. Has anyone ripped this track to MP3 yet?

[ShallowDepths]

....haha.. well.. like I said THE WHOLE ALBUM is great.

I love that the Mars Volta is one of the most controversial arguement sparking bands there is nowadays.

[Cicatriz JPL]

And as Cedric has said in multiple performance videos that I have seen around the Web. "We hope you enjoy it but if you dont you can just leave".

[A picasso blue]

Have you ever heard Cicatrix? Their original idea of the song was drastically different. It actually had a much groovier feel, and the part at the end of the song where he sings "drag your vessel, punch your clock in" was the main line in the chorus and "i've defected" was in the background. With that said, i love Cicatriz.
theres an oriignal version? where did you hear it??

[A picasso blue]

anyway I'm a member of thecomatorium.com

and most peope there think its easily their "least good" release. i use that temr because its their worst but still worth listening to

[Amplifried]

Actually, it was more like 20-30 mins of music and the rest bullshit.

First of all, the new album is amazing. Secondly, I was put off by all the bloat that was in Frances the Mute too, but you have to admit that CD has plenty of interesting ideas. Listen to Cassandra Gemini again. It's damn near perfect. A friend of mine made the point that if they had released that song as an EP, you guys would have nut all over the place.

I think all these ideas sound great in their heads, but fail to translate well to the medium of the album. That is it in a nutshell. This crap that they have been releasing is masturbatory, self-congratulatory shit.

The way you say masturbatory, self-congratulatory shit makes me wander the same about yourself. I review albums every now and then for a newspaper, and you sound just like me at a time when I was trying to establish my own voice by using all sorts of cool words to say a band sucks. All it ammounts to, however, is that you've told me absolutely nothing of value. You'll learn that I think, or you'll go write for Pitchfork.

[FrancesdaMute]

This album is incredible.

whoa whoa, did it leak or something?

And why do people always feel the need to critique ideas they don't understand? News flash, mars volta don't give a shit if you like their style...that's why they aren't at the drive-in anymore. Go listen to saves the day or something.

[drmsofpsilocybi]

all will be quelled when you hear all of the album. it fucking rocks harder than anything they've ever done. Try having 17 minutes worth of nothing but dual guitars, solos, groovy beats, trumpet and sax solos... fucking amazing cd. I still have yet to comprehend all that is put into amputechture, and i probably wont for another month or so

[poppa Q]

all will be quelled when you hear all of the album. it fucking rocks harder than anything they've ever done. Try having 17 minutes worth of nothing but dual guitars, solos, groovy beats, trumpet and sax solos... fucking amazing cd. I still have yet to comprehend all that is put into amputechture, and i probably wont for another month or soThe end of "Day of the Baphomets" is just ridiculous with the percussion and sax...I love it. This is possibly my favorite work of theirs, yet it's too early to tell if it's better than Deloused or not.

[BrentIsNotScene]

Listening to the entire album last night (just leaked), it's amazing. This song is good, but I like the spanish song better on Frances.

Spanish still sucks though.

[solanka]

I realize that. The song construction on Deloused was so damned good, though. I want a new "Cicatriz ESP"

Who the hell cares what you want. This bands music is their art, their form of self expression. Oh, and Frances the Mute is a phenomenal album, I don't even think any of you grasp the stories behind either album.

[UndertheTELE]

theres an oriignal version? where did you hear it??

I have it. AIM is Dear Claudio o0

[Steve Henderson]

First of all, the new album is amazing. Secondly, I was put off by all the bloat that was in Frances the Mute too, but you have to admit that CD has plenty of interesting ideas. Listen to Cassandra Gemini again. It's damn near perfect. A friend of mine made the point that if they had released that song as an EP, you guys would have nut all over the place.



The way you say masturbatory, self-congratulatory shit makes me wander the same about yourself. I review albums every now and then for a newspaper, and you sound just like me at a time when I was trying to establish my own voice by using all sorts of cool words to say a band sucks. All it ammounts to, however, is that you've told me absolutely nothing of value. You'll learn that I think, or you'll go write for Pitchfork.
1) First off, I agree with you that FtM had some great ideas. However, it is FAR too ambitious for its own good, IN MY OPINION. Who said you have to agree with me and vice versa? I actually think it is EXACTLY like an EP. There is that much substance, and the rest is their best impression of being a jam band. Not that they aren't super skilled at it, but give me some fucking meat with my potatoes. (give me substance in my albums, and the jamming fluff during the live shows)

2) I am pretty sure the fact that you are a reviewer doesn't mean the way you pass judgment on me has half an ounce of value. If I wanted to say they sucked, I would say "they fucking suck." The work "fucking" would be in there to help with my voice. Don't be a moron and assume I cannot express myself. If you weren't so lazy as to scroll down in my sig, you can read about 2 pages about why I did not care for FtM. And from what I hear from this, it will still hold true. Since you are so much better than everyone else, why don't YOU go write for Pitchfork?

[Steve Henderson]

Who the hell cares what you want. This bands music is their art, their form of self expression. Oh, and Frances the Mute is a phenomenal album, I don't even think any of you grasp the stories behind either album.If they want my money for an album purchase, the band should care what I want. If they want to pursue art for art's sake, then you are right, who gives a fuck.

[UndertheTELE]

If they want my money for an album purchase, the band should care what I want. If they want to pursue art for art's sake, then you are right, who gives a fuck.


If you were a fan of the band wouldn't you care just a little bit what they want? Wouldn't you rather have music with a soul, than music that is sold out just to make people happy?

[Steve Henderson]

If you were a fan of the band wouldn't you care just a little bit what they want? Wouldn't you rather have music with a soul, than music that is sold out just to make people happy?I was indeed a fan of ATDI and even Deloused, but they lost me with FtM. I think Deloused was off-kilter enough to be expressive, but I just feel that they are getting way too obtuse for me as of late.

[Mitch]

Steve, you might like their new album. The song they posted (Viscera Eyes) is my least favorite from it. In my opinion, other than this song, the album is incredible. It kicks the shit out of FtM.

[Amplifried]

1) First off, I agree with you that FtM had some great ideas. However, it is FAR too ambitious for its own good, IN MY OPINION. Who said you have to agree with me and vice versa? I actually think it is EXACTLY like an EP. There is that much substance, and the rest is their best impression of being a jam band. Not that they aren't super skilled at it, but give me some fucking meat with my potatoes. (give me substance in my albums, and the jamming fluff during the live shows)

2) I am pretty sure the fact that you are a reviewer doesn't mean the way you pass judgment on me has half an ounce of value. If I wanted to say they sucked, I would say "they fucking suck." The work "fucking" would be in there to help with my voice. Don't be a moron and assume I cannot express myself. If you weren't so lazy as to scroll down in my sig, you can read about 2 pages about why I did not care for FtM. And from what I hear from this, it will still hold true. Since you are so much better than everyone else, why don't YOU go write for Pitchfork?

I never said I was better than anyone, nor did I even say that your reviews were bad. In fact, they're good. I am just sick of hearing phrases like "masturbatory, self-congratulatory shit," when you know as a writer you were giddy as fuck for stringing those words together. Let's be honest with eachother as writers, man. You know when you can piece together a turgid diatribe about bands you don't like, that you're a giddy fucker. I am too, but I just kind of realized it's counter-productive. I once called Frances the Mute masturbatory pap, but so is using that phrase in a review, don't you think? I didn't mean to inspire your wrath at all. Just making a comment.

[summer skin]

Regardless I think most can agree
Acrobatic Tenement > anything the mars volta have ever done

[DeadCityScars]

Interesting note for people that didn't get the 4 minute noise at the beginning of Miranda.

if you splice the title track (that didn't make it to the record, but you can DL it), on top of that noise, it goes along with it. Thats the only logical reason why they did it. I heard you can splice the title track (again, 'Frances the Mute' is the name, didn't make it to the album) with Vismund Cygnus, they compliment each other.

So when you hear senseless noise in Frances it not only a. fits in with the story. it b. fits in with another song.

people on the comatorium would be glad to give you the spliced version.

it's an amazingly orginal idea.

[El_Jeffe]

i'm holding off until i can grab the album, looking forward to this one for sure

[Rich Duncan]

Still not that impressed, but I will admit it is a decent song

[wesgemm08]

if you've ever listened to Defacto, you'd know omar and cedric are in this game for the art and not to please the fans, they make the music that satisfies them, not the record label and fans with ADD





...with that being said, tetragrammaton will blow the haters minds, and the mars volta will push 250,000+ first week with this album, just like with Frances the Mute

[summer skin]

To be fair...alot of people were tricked into buying frances the mute after hearing how good The Tremulent, and Deloused were

[UndertheTELE]

To be fair...alot of people were tricked into buying frances the mute after hearing how good The Tremulent, and Deloused were

To be fair, a lot of people enjoy frances the mute a lot, including me.

[snowtires]

Interesting note for people that didn't get the 4 minute noise at the beginning of Miranda.

if you splice the title track (that didn't make it to the record, but you can DL it), on top of that noise, it goes along with it. Thats the only logical reason why they did it. I heard you can splice the title track (again, 'Frances the Mute' is the name, didn't make it to the album) with Vismund Cygnus, they compliment each other.

So when you hear senseless noise in Frances it not only a. fits in with the story. it b. fits in with another song.

people on the comatorium would be glad to give you the spliced version.

it's an amazingly orginal idea.

so, in order to fully appreciate the band, you have to have audio editing software? awesome, great idea!

[Steve Henderson]

so, in order to fully appreciate the band, you have to have audio editing software? awesome, great idea!Haha, I love you.

[UndertheTELE]

so, in order to fully appreciate the band, you have to have audio editing software? awesome, great idea!

... no you just have to have a brain a cd player and a computer. 2 out of 3 aint bad either.

[blairo32]

so ya this album already leaked.. def worth buying when it comes out. good ol torrents

[wesgemm08]

I realize that. The song construction on Deloused was so damned good, though. I want a new "Cicatriz ESP"
you bitch about the noise on frances the mute, and then say you want a new Cicatriz, but that track had like 4-5 minutes of nothingness?




p.s. cassandra gemini is the best track the mars volta has ever released, very closely followed by take the veil... , i havent gotten enough listens of the new cd to compare that yet though

[mogwaifearsatan]

I have the leak, but I'm definitely waiting for the actual thing to come out. The quality is so shitty, everything is mixed at the same level, and because of that it doesnt grab me at all. I definitely hear some awesome ideas, but I'm waiting for the final product to pass judgement.

[Steve Henderson]

you bitch about the noise on frances the mute, and then say you want a new Cicatriz, but that track had like 4-5 minutes of nothingness?




p.s. cassandra gemini is the best track the mars volta has ever released, very closely followed by take the veil... , i havent gotten enough listens of the new cd to compare that yet thoughThat's the point you are missing. The silence and ambient noise in FtM seems pretty pointless to me, whereas the noice in Cicatriz is all part of the framework of one of the sickest buildups you can hear in a modern rock track.

[wesgemm08]

That's the point you are missing. The silence and ambient noise in FtM seems pretty pointless to me, whereas the noice in Cicatriz is all part of the framework of one of the sickest buildups you can hear in a modern rock track.

so you dont like the buildup in cassandra gemini or cygnus?

[Steve Henderson]

so you dont like the buildup in cassandra gemini or cygnus?They are okay, but just don't affect me as much as Cicatriz...when they rock out after that buildup, I get goosebumps.

[so typical]

how lovely.

[snowtires]

... no you just have to have a brain a cd player and a computer. 2 out of 3 aint bad either.

so, what, you're suggesting that you make an mp3 of the song or rip the song to your hard drive and then play it along with the cd player? that is way too much work for 99% of the people who listen to cds. it shouldn't be like a game of tetris trying to listen to a band, you shouldn't have to see how you can take parts of the album and try to match them up with other parts, or even a song they released completely separately from the album. although, i guess one i could see why they would do that, i mean, for that 1% of kids who are so obsessed with the band to do something that ridiculous, it's easy money on the part of the band. if they're so fucking amazing, they and their fans shouldn't have to make excuses for their shitty noise interludes, like, 'oh, well, if you put this noise and this noise together, they make sense.' that shit should make sense in the first place.