Xenophanes
by Omar Rodriguez Lopez
- Type: Album
- Released: 28 September 2009
- Label: Rodriguez Lopez
- Country: United States
- Length: 23:08
- Community rating: 3.59/5 from 3 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Sung entirely in Spanish, this sprawling conceptual solo effort from The Mars Volta guitarist wrestles with themes of love, grief, and spiritual reincarnation following the death of a close friend. The album is incredibly dense and chaotic, featuring dizzying progressive rock instrumentation, complex time signatures, and Ximena Sari帽ana's ethereal backing vocals. It remains one of the most cohesive and emotionally charged releases in his vast, highly experimental catalog.
Genres
Descriptors: uncommon-time-signatures, breakup, experimental, progressive, guitars, electronic, fuzz
Tracklist
- Figure 8 (3:55)
- Brittle (3:35)
- Fall And Rise Of My Favorite Sixties Girl (3:01)
- Things That Worry Grown-Ups (7:00)
- Tell The Woman We Are Going (3:53)
- The Language Of You And Me (1:44)
Credits
- Robert Cooper - bass
- Ben Bleechmore - drums, piano
- Aaron Goldberg - guitar
- Nick Batterham - guitar, organ, strings
- Andrew Batterham - strings
- Luci Chambers - violin
- Scott Stevens - vocals