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Wiretap Scars
When hirsute El Paso, Texas, emo gods At the Drive-In abruptly called it quits and split into two factions--unofficially, the afros and non-afros--dismayed fans feared that it spelled the end for their pummeling, tight-wire guitar rock. Not so. While hairy frontman Cedric Bixler and guitarist Omar Rodriguez did, indeed, venture into weirdo space jazz under the name the Mars Volta, guitarist Jim Ward, bassist Paul Hinojos, and drummer Tony Hajjar stay on course as Sparta. Wiretap Scars echoes the reckless beauty of the trio's former band. The album features raw punk fury on "Cut Your Ribbon," emotional dissonance in "Cataract," and an absurdly exuberant melody ("Glasshouse Tarot") or two ("Mye") scattered about. And it rocks like a bastard. --Aidin Vaziri
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Tracks| 1 | Cut Your Ribbon | | 2 | Air | | 3 | Mye | | 4 | Collapse | | 5 | Sans Cosm | | 6 | Light Burns Clear | | 7 | Cataract | | 8 | Red Alibi | | 9 | Rx Coup | | 10 | Glasshouse Tarot | | 11 | Echodyne Harmonic | | 12 | Assemble the Empire |
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