Trollheart

Album title: Roman Lips
Artist: Omar Rodriguez-Lopez
Genre: Electronic/Experimental
Nationality: American
Release date: January 13
Position in Discography: Forty-third, looks like
Familiar with this artist? No
Familiar with the genre or subgenre? Not much
Check out more from this artist? No
Check out more from this genre or subgenre? I'm not sure

The Mars Volta, eh? Heard of them, never heard them, but this guy is or was apparently their bandleader until they broke up a few years back, now he's with At The Drive-In, about whom I know little either. Certainly has been prolific, looking at his discography, which reads like something Buckethead or Devin Townsend would put out. Worked with a lot of eminent musicians too. Three tracks in though and I'm hardly sold. Don't worry: I won't wimp out and hopefully it'll get better, but if I were judging this purely on the first three tracks I would not be impressed. Sense of Matt Johnson as we move into “Bitter Tears”, the fourth track, so maybe there's hope.

Or maybe not. The album has degenerated into what can only be called crap now. I've lost interest and there are still like five tracks to go. Tuning out. Not for me. Maybe the Mars Volta are/were **** too, but if they were anything like this then I don't think I missed much. I also hate this guy's voice, very annoying.

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