#2 Seller of 2005! The Mars Volta is neither a concept album band nor a prog band. Sure, they excel at both, but Omar Rodriguez-Lopez and Cedric Bixler-Zavala formed the Mars Volta to dispose of labels and limitations of any kind, to move beyond. The Mars Volta's Frances The Mute is NOT a "sequel" to 2003's De-Loused In The Comatorium. Yes it builds a story around the memory of a dear departed friend--but the similarities end there. Where De-Loused... was a finite sci-fi narrative that took place entirely ...   [ read more ]

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In 2000, reissue giant Collectables reissued the warm vocal stylings of Frances Wayne with the eponymous release from the Jack Wilson Quartet (featuring Roy Ayers on vibraphone) onto one compact disc. ~ Rob Theakston, All Music Guide

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Coed sextet Frances's debut full-length All the While carries on the great tradition of pop music that plays with itself, taking the fun parts and discarding the dumb ones, flirting with chaos but always returning to a gloriously catchy, melodic center. It's resolutely childlike, fanciful stuff; but then, Frances are correspondingly serious in their execution, employing whiplash-inducing chord changes, bizarre stylistic touchstones and darker moments that hint at something terrifying lurking behind the swo...   [ read more ]

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