At The Drive-In VS. The Mars Volta

At the Drive-In and TMV are great banRAB, but before Relationship of Command ATDI weren't nearly as good. TMV has been consistently amazing through all of their albums, so i vote TMV.

I've listened to Relationship of Command more than any TMV album though, but at the same time, in general i listen to TMV more...

I guess it's just a matter of whether you enjoy hardcore or prog more...and I like prog more so that's my vote.
 
The Mars Volta. I think maybe ATDI are a slightly more efficient band and do more with less, but TMV throw so much in, and even if it doesn't all stick it's much more interesting.



Definitely. The arabient section just drags on too long, it would have had a much stronger impact if they'd kept it down to about 2 minutes. Though, when the guitars do kick back in it's a big pay off.

The overuse of quiet arabience is what makes Frances my least favourite TMV album, although I haven't downloaded Amputechture.
 
I'm listening to At The Drive In at the moment and I have to say there far easier to listen to the The Mars Volta. The Mars Volta are good too but alot of their songs just go on and on.
 
Well, I think that In/Casino/Out is an amazing album in its own way and they had some pretty cool songs in their early days.

But yes, you're right. Relationship Of Command feels like the album that they were destined to make, same thing with Refused and The Shape Of Punk To Come.
 
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