The Mars Volta Octahedron (2xLP)

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• “Octahedron” was released on June 23, 2009, as the follow-up to “The Bedlam In Goliath,” which had been released just a year earlier. The record was recorded at 99 Sutton Street Studios in Brooklyn, New York. It is the last studio work to feature drummer Thomas Pridgen and guitarist John Frusciante (Red Hot Chili Peppers), and the first to feature the absence of keyboardist Isaiah “Ikey” Owens. Guitarist Omar Rodrguez-Lpez was himself responsible for the production.
  The album shows a clear evolution of the sound of the American progressive rockers. They moved away a bit from their jazz fusion progressive rock experiments and tended toward groovier, poppier rock sounds. Singer Cedric Bixler-Zavala commented that the band “wanted to do the opposite of all the records we’ve done before. All th