The Mars Volta - Bedlam in Goliath [2008] [VBR V5] FULL LEAK

The Mars Volta - Bedlam in Goliath [2008] [VBR V5] FULL LEAK

These tracks are VBR V5 (~130kbps avg.) transcodes of the original
320kbps CBR mp3 leak of the album. The quality loss is impercievable
when they are played over average quality speakers, but the total
filesize is 52% less.

All tracks are cleanly ID3v2 tagged. If you like this album, please
support the artists and buy this album on January 29. Until then, seed.

The Bedlam in Goliath:
Fourth Studio Album
by The Mars Volta

Format: mp3 (MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3)

Bitrate: ~130kbps avg. (VBR V5)

Leaked: January 15, 2008

Released: January 29, 2008

Recorded: 2006-2007 at Ocean Way Recording, Hollywood, California;
Rodriguez-Lopez's home studio in Brooklyn, New York

Genre: Progressive rock, psychedelic, experimental

Length: 76:13

Label: Universal Motown Records;
Gold Standard Laboratories

Producer: Omar Rodriguez-Lopez

Track Listing: 01 Aberinkula 5:44
02 Metatron 8:11
03 Ilyena 5:35
04 Wax Simularca 2:38
05 Goliath 7:15
06 Tourniquet Man 2:37
07 Cavalettas 9:32
08 Agadez 6:43
09 Askepios 5:10
10 Ouroboros 6:35
11 Soothsayer 9:07
12 Conjugal Burns 6:35
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Background:

On a trip in Jerusalem, Rodriguez-Lopez purchased an
archaic ouija-type talking board at a curio shop as a gift for Bixler-
Zavala. They would return to their tour bus after shows to play with it
during their 2006 tour with the Red Hot Chili Peppers, as it quickly
became the band's post-show ritual. Dubbed "The Soothsayer", the board
revealed stories, gave names and made demands, as the band was
contacted by three different people who appeared in the form of one,
whom was then referred to as "Goliath". The more the band had
interacted with "The Soothsayer", otherworldly coincidences began
plaguing the band's experience writing and recording The Bedlam in
Goliath: Deantoni Parks--their current drummer at the time--had quit
mid-tour and left the band with financial troubles; Bixler-Zavala wound
up needing surgery performed on his foot due to the shoes he had been
wearing, forcing him to relearn how to walk post-surgery; audio tracks
sporadically and literally disappeared off the screens; Rodriguez-
Lopez's home studio flooded and had been subject to multiple power
outages; and the album's original engineer had gone through a nervous
breakdown, leaving behind all previous work with no notes as to where
anything was. Rodriguez-Lopez was nearly on the brink of starting over
from scratch, but instead kept on with the recruitment of Robert
Carranza as the replacement engineer, along with assistance from Lars
Stalfors and Isaiah Abolin. Midway through the recording sessions,
Rodriguez-Lopez buried "The Soothsayer" as an attempt to undo the curse
and halt the unforeseen tragedies, who ended the ordeal by swearing
never to give away the whereabouts of its burial, and also asking the
band not to speak of it again during the remainder of the album's
production.

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