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Octahedron
Rock · 2009 · 8 tracks · 50m

Octahedron

The Mars Volta

A patient, atmospheric pivot from the band's usual chaos. Swapping frantic noise for haunting melodies and 'mutated' acoustic textures.

June 17, 2009 · Clouds Hill

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A haunting, cinematic stillness punctuated by flashes of jagged electricity.

Tracklist · 8 Tracks · 50m
01
Since We’ve Been Wrong
7:20
02
Teflon
5:04
03
Halo of Nembutals
5:30
04
With Twilight as My Guide
7:52
05
Cotopaxi
3:38
06
Desperate Graves
4:56
07
Copernicus
7:22
08
Luciforms
8:21
Moments Worth Listening For
The slow-burn introduction of Since We've Been Wrong where the acoustic guitar finally meets a weeping synth line.
The sudden, jagged rhythmic shift in Cotopaxi that breaks the album's prevailing sense of calm.
The haunting, choir-like vocal layers that drift through the middle of With Twilight as My Guide.
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Where This Album DepartsEach spoke is a trait. The orange shape shows where this album pulls away from — or holds to — the rest of the artist’s catalogue. Tap for more.

How does Octahedron sound next to the rest of The Mars Volta's catalogue?

Melancholic+4.0σ

Melancholic saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

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