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Small components like the hurried piano continuously nudge the song off the rails, and The Mars Volta clearly demonstrate that together they work better on rough terrain. This album is undoubtedly a formidable opus.

Each segment seems to inspire a divergent way of listening and thinking. The nightmarish soundscape that introduces "Miranda That Ghost Just Isn't Holy Anymore" liquefies into a momentary stream of consciousness where Cedric's vocals sit atop a spectral assortment of guitars and strings. Despite all the pandemonium, the band seems devoted to telling a story, even though that story is nearly impossible to deconstruct.

Then again, it is not meant to be a coherent concept; The Mars Volta thrive on the abstract qualities of both the lyrics and the music itself. For instance, the pains of addiction pervade "The Widow", as themes of desperation thrust themselves upward. Overall, the album's tenacious execution is draining yet utterly riveting. Frances the Mute seems to be an album you either love or hate, and while I can understand why some people might find this album unpalatable and ostentatious, I perceive the album to be a mind-blowing display of ambition.

From the cacophony of innumerable guitars and horns to the spewing of arcane electronic noises, this album takes form within a cascade of obscurity. Bulky and spacious, the band's follow-up to De-Loused In the Comatorium takes their interpretations of progressive music further and further into unmapped regions.

The task of wrapping one's head around this album is the perpetual draw that it holds. Even I don't fully understand this album, and to a certain extent, I hope I never do.

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Thanks a lot. This is gonna be good. I was going to do the same if not found anywhere else. Much appreciated, a masterpiece indeed. Great job! I've been looking for a FLAC version for months, but it's been taken down everywhere. I'm glad I found this blogspot. I have just found your blog is there any chance of a re-up of this please as i love this album many thanks and keep up the great work.

Frances The Mute [] 2. Vismund Cygnus [] 3. The Widow [] 4. The main source used for my reconstruction was a high quality vinyl rip to secure the dynamics that were lost on the overly compressed and brickwalled CD version. My Frances The Mute reconstruction is thus divided into two minute discs, hence its subtitle. The first task in this reconstruction was to edit out the locked grooves in the vinyl version. On the record, the locked grooves contained short samples of the songs themselves, so that as the needle moves into the locked groove, the song will play endlessly.

Obviously this needed to be removed for my reconstruction. All tracks have been edited to mimic the CD version of the album without the locked grooves, and in some instances a short sample of the actual CD pressing was needed to patch in a missing gap of audio.

This would have only been for a few seconds, and the volume of the CD-sourced patches were adjusted to match the vinyl mastering. Unfortunately, there was no quality vinyl rip of The Widow single available for my reconstruction, so the CD version is instead used, volume adjusted to match the vinyl-source.

Enjoy what I believe is one of the masterpiece rock albums from the last decade, in what I believe was how The Mars Volta intended the album to be, with the best possible dynamic range. Labels: , experimental , frances the mute , mars volta , progressive rock.

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