For a band that experiments with glossolalia and pig scalps, the Mars Volta open their latest with a rather straightforward image. "Do you remember how you wore that dress?" sings Cedric Bixler-Zavala in "Since We've Been Wrong," a mostly acoustic prog-soul tune that's totally hummable. It sets the tone for an LP haunted by heartbreak and more focused on soulful vocal emoting than on cool time signatures and guitar flip-outs. But Bixler-Zavala is no Maxwell; he's more about sharp pain than voluptuous ache. By the end, he invokes Gordian knots alongside a fractallike Omar Rodriguez-Lopez guitar solo. Dude sounds like he's back home again.

http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/...5467/octahedron

Figured I'd get in on the posting reviews bit! Sorry Dandelion! And "Halo of Nembutals" is number three on their top songs list currently.

http://forum.thecomatorium.com/forum/index...howtopic=116068

Old I'm afraid mate It was one of the first reviews to surface. Cool about Halo being up there though, thanks.