Received wisdom has it that to toy with the occult is to enter into a Faustian pact that will bite you on the ass somewhere down the line. Magic, myth and sorcery had been recurrent themes within The Mars Volta’s output for some time and served as the dominant motifs for their previous full length, Amputechture.
So it was almost inevitable that, at some point, luck, kismet, karma, serendipity whatever you want to call the metaphysical forces that exert hidden influence upon our mortal world would visit the group and enact some kind of payback. Whatever debts the group had accrued came due with The Bedlam In Goliath, the group’s fourth full length, and an album whose creation was, in every sense of the word, cursed. The production of the album was regularly scuppered by technical problems that erased whole takes from their computer hard drives, a phenomenon Omar’s in studio right hand man Rich Costey an experienced producer/engineer in his own right found impossible to explain.
Tracklist
A1. Aberinkula
A2. Metatron
A3. Ilyena
B1. Wax Simulacra
B2. Goliath
B3. Tourniquet Man
B4. Cavalettas
C1. Agadez
C2. Askepios
C3. Ouroborous
D1. Soothsayer
D2. Conjugal Burns
E1. Mr. Muggs
F1. Mr. Muggs
Please note that The Bedlam In Goliath (Reissue) is currently not in store but is with our local supplier.
Most of the time it takes around 2-5 days from the time you place the order for the item to arrive here and be sent out but it can take longer if there are any delays.