Blog: Misspeak Music

Two new-ish Mars Volta tracks to share with you. Cotopaxi and Since We've Been Wrong . Since We've Been Wrong appears to be what pops into Omar's head when he decides to write an 'acoustic' album. Sure, it's got an acoustic guitar in it, but it's not exactly the stripped down, minimal sound you expect when someone says 'acoustic album'. For the opening minute or so, behind the arpeggiated guitar riffs and Cedric's (relatively) hushed vocals, a delayed, reverberating electric guitar pulses in the background but only until [...]