Deloused In the Comatorium by The Mars Volta

Theoretically this is prog rock, and there’s certainly a lot going on with machine gun drum fills, a bit of guitar noodling and a bizarre concept album through line about someone in a coma after taking an overdose of rat poison and morphine. As you do.

There are strong echos of early 70s King Crimson here with a bit of Led Zeppelin thrown in for good measure. It feels like the sort of album you have to listen to with the lyrics open in another tab and a wikipedia page to look up the references whilst taking notes because there’ll probably be a test at the end.

Far too many notes for my taste!

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