The Mars Volta's ninth studio album represents a significant milestone for the band
whose engineering resume includes The Blake Babies
from covering "Gonna Be A Blackout Tonight" on their 2003 album Blackout
‘Live From The Royal Albert Hall
Williams employed a live-on-the-floor production ethic that not only had the musicians playing together-a relative rarity on major label rock recordings-but playing without the isolation/separation that producers use to keep the sound of each instrument from bleeding into the other musicians' microphones
Filip Clements "Soft Apocalypse" weird stuff The Mars Volta's ninth studioFilip Clements describes his debut album Soft Apocalypse as a universe. Bold, expansive and shimmering with possibility, it is also a universe of contrasts light and darkness, confidence and vulnerability, brooding indie rock influences and vibrant pop hooks. Written, produced and recorded alongside a stellar line up of collaborators, including Grammy winners Catherine Marks (boygenius, Ed OBrien), Martin Terefe (Yungblud, Robbie Williams) and Tord