Sparta (volume, quote, songs)

Zealious · 07-30-2004, 09:19 AM

Their new Album Procelain is really good. I really suggest u buy it. One song I like is "hiss the villains".

franscar · 07-30-2004, 10:29 AM

I've been playing it for about a week, and it's growing on me. The first track is fantastic, it's more of a grower than the last cd, which was really accessible straight away. Great band live as well.

Thrice · 07-30-2004, 05:36 PM

I love Sparta. Zealious do you like At the drive in or mars volta too?

franscar · 07-30-2004, 08:59 PM

At the Drive-In were awesome. Relationship of Command is probably the most listened to record I own.

I really like the Mars Volta album, it's a cd where they've clearly tried to do something new and fresh, whereas Sparta is a more obvious progression from the ATDI sound, however last year both bands played the Reading Festival, and Sparta were off the hook, and Mars Volta were woeful, just playing fifteen minutes of self-serving jazz before playing three or four bars of one of their songs. It was a real pity that.

For anyone who loved At the Drive-In I'd recommend a British band called Hundred Reasons. Sparta have supported them over here before, and that was an incredible show. Jim Ward is king.

Zealious · 07-31-2004, 01:21 PM

I've never really got into Mars Volta. Can you point me out one of their good CDs or a song or two?

franscar · 07-31-2004, 01:25 PM

They've only got one album, "Deloused in the Comatorium." If you expect it to be anything like either ATDI or Sparta the you'll be really disappointed. It's something you should try before you buy I think. I really like the cd though, just wish they'd work on their live show.

Eltiraaz · 07-31-2004, 11:03 PM

The Mars Volta are an absolutley insane band. I've seen one of their live performances of "Inertiatic ESP" and it was actaully quite amazing. Cedric has an exceptional singing style.

I own their CD and I have to say I think it is much better than Sparta or ATDI, but I think both are also great. Good songs off of it are "Inertiatic ESP" "Cicatriz ESP", or "A Drunkship Of Lanterns". It is difficult to get the flow of their music by just listening to one song at a time though. I think the only way to take in their music is to listen to the whole CD start to finish.

Anyways this is about Sparta. I've only heard the first single of their album. Cut Your Ribbon, and I really do like it, however I dont really view it as a progression from ATDI, especially since the lyrical writer of ATDI went to The Mars Volta. Its good though. I might pick up the album.

EDIT - The Mars Volta only have one full-length album out however they have the "Tremulant EP" that features a few songs that are much more similar in style to ATDI and Sparta. Harder to find than their album but equally good.

covle · 08-01-2004, 12:41 AM

man mars volta were the best band iv seen live. they were awsome. this is the haunt of roulette dares...best song ever.
cut your ribbon is unlike the rest of the first sparta album. it gets really slow after that. still a good album though. the second album is possibly better. i havnt decided yet as i only purchased it about a week ago. but its a great album, awsome follow up to the first.
to franscar i say: relationship of command is an awsome cd, but not their best. i suggest you listen to acrobatic tenement. very different to r.o.c. they have progressed as atdi and then on to sparta and then into the mars volta. though you cant really say that as only half the original band members moved to the next band.

franscar · 08-01-2004, 02:52 PM

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Originally Posted by covle

to franscar i say: relationship of command is an awsome cd, but not their best. i suggest you listen to acrobatic tenement. very different to r.o.c. they have progressed as atdi and then on to sparta and then into the mars volta. though you cant really say that as only half the original band members moved to the next band.

Yeah, I have all the ATDI records, and Acrobatic would be my second favourite, although In/Casino/Out has some great tunes on it as well, it's just that Relationship has a sepcial place for me as it was the first record I ever bought by using a wage packet of my own. Great band, sadly missed.

If I'd ever seen them live then I guess I probably wouldn't have been that depressed about them splitting, but they played their last show three nights before the date me and my friends had tickets for. Gut-wrenching.

sleepy jack · 03-18-2006, 04:51 PM

It seems like everyone spends all their time freaking out over at the drive in and mars volta that sparta gets ignored alot. Awhile ago A_Perfect_Sonnet sent me porcelain, its a very good album.

Recommendations

Hiss The Villain
Breaking the Broken
While Oceana Sleeps
Guns of Memorial Park

http://purevolume.com/sparta

07-30-2004, 09:19 AM	#1 (permalink)
Zealious Skeptic Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: NJ Posts: 375	Sparta Cd Their new Album Procelain is really good. I really suggest u buy it. One song I like is "hiss the villains". __________________ Pink chimneys in Maine couldn't keep me away

07-30-2004, 05:36 PM	#3 (permalink)
Thrice أمهاتك[وهور]Aura Euphoria Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Florida/Buffalo/CT Posts: 2,077	I love Sparta. Zealious do you like At the drive in or mars volta too? __________________ Lew Harrison, who looked like an anarchist with his red eyes and fierce black beard, had been writing furiously in one corner of the room. "That's good—happiness by the kilowatt," he said. "Buy your happiness the way you buy light."

07-31-2004, 01:21 PM	#5 (permalink)
Zealious Skeptic Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: NJ Posts: 375	I've never really got into Mars Volta. Can you point me out one of their good CDs or a song or two? __________________ Pink chimneys in Maine couldn't keep me away

07-31-2004, 11:03 PM	#7 (permalink)
Eltiraaz Music Addict Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Toronto Posts: 346	The Mars Volta are an absolutley insane band. I've seen one of their live performances of "Inertiatic ESP" and it was actaully quite amazing. Cedric has an exceptional singing style. I own their CD and I have to say I think it is much better than Sparta or ATDI, but I think both are also great. Good songs off of it are "Inertiatic ESP" "Cicatriz ESP", or "A Drunkship Of Lanterns". It is difficult to get the flow of their music by just listening to one song at a time though. I think the only way to take in their music is to listen to the whole CD start to finish. Anyways this is about Sparta. I've only heard the first single of their album. Cut Your Ribbon, and I really do like it, however I dont really view it as a progression from ATDI, especially since the lyrical writer of ATDI went to The Mars Volta. Its good though. I might pick up the album. EDIT - The Mars Volta only have one full-length album out however they have the "Tremulant EP" that features a few songs that are much more similar in style to ATDI and Sparta. Harder to find than their album but equally good. __________________ Conformity n.(kœn-fôr'mí-tè)- 1. the enemy of friendship.

08-01-2004, 12:41 AM	#8 (permalink)
covle Music Addict Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: melbourne australia Posts: 334	man mars volta were the best band iv seen live. they were awsome. this is the haunt of roulette dares...best song ever. cut your ribbon is unlike the rest of the first sparta album. it gets really slow after that. still a good album though. the second album is possibly better. i havnt decided yet as i only purchased it about a week ago. but its a great album, awsome follow up to the first. to franscar i say: relationship of command is an awsome cd, but not their best. i suggest you listen to acrobatic tenement. very different to r.o.c. they have progressed as atdi and then on to sparta and then into the mars volta. though you cant really say that as only half the original band members moved to the next band. __________________ LIVE.LOVE.BURN.DIE. whoa...i quoted atreyu, that means im hardcore. look how hardcore i am!! thats hardcore...XXX

07-30-2004, 10:29 AM	#2 (permalink)
franscar Honky Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Birmingham Posts: 665	I've been playing it for about a week, and it's growing on me. The first track is fantastic, it's more of a grower than the last cd, which was really accessible straight away. Great band live as well.

07-30-2004, 08:59 PM	#4 (permalink)
franscar Honky Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Birmingham Posts: 665	At the Drive-In were awesome. Relationship of Command is probably the most listened to record I own. I really like the Mars Volta album, it's a cd where they've clearly tried to do something new and fresh, whereas Sparta is a more obvious progression from the ATDI sound, however last year both bands played the Reading Festival, and Sparta were off the hook, and Mars Volta were woeful, just playing fifteen minutes of self-serving jazz before playing three or four bars of one of their songs. It was a real pity that. For anyone who loved At the Drive-In I'd recommend a British band called Hundred Reasons. Sparta have supported them over here before, and that was an incredible show. Jim Ward is king.

07-31-2004, 01:25 PM	#6 (permalink)
franscar Honky Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Birmingham Posts: 665	They've only got one album, "Deloused in the Comatorium." If you expect it to be anything like either ATDI or Sparta the you'll be really disappointed. It's something you should try before you buy I think. I really like the cd though, just wish they'd work on their live show.