The Mars Volta "Octahedron" 2022-06-24 we are brought into the

we are brought into the right mood with the eastern-influenced

pointedly funny portrait of a common end-of-youth predicament-to wed or not to wed

the joys and vulnerabilities of letting someone in

new versions of Duran Duran classics

The Mars Volta "Octahedron" 2022-06-24 we are brought into theEach of the Mars Volta albums that preceded Octahedron had pushed the envelope further, their music growing larger, more intense, more complex. Each had delivered an implied, unspoken challenge to its makers within milliseconds of its final notes: top this. And with each subsequent album, Omar and Cedric had turned their creative dials up one more notch, a further step past eleven. With the addition of new drummer Thomas Pridgen, and their ranks