The Mars Volta - Noctourniquet (2012)
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1. "The Whip Hand" 4:49
2. "Aegis" 5:11
3. "Dyslexicon" 4:22
4. "Empty Vessels Make the Loudest Sound" 6:43
5. "The Malkin Jewel" 4:44
6. "Lapochka" 4:16
7. "In Absentia" 7:26
8. "Imago" 3:58
9. "Molochwalker" 3:33
10. "Trinkets Pale of Moon" 4:25
11. "Vedamalady" 3:54
12. "Noctourniquet" 5:39
13. "Zed and Two Naughts" 5:36
Total length: 64:31
Japanese bonus track
14. "The Malkin Jewel" (live) 5:08
The Mars Volta Band Members / Musicians
Omar Rodríguez-López – guitar, keyboards, synths, bass, direction, arrangements
Cedric Bixler-Zavala – vocals
Juan Alderete – bass guitar
Deantoni Parks – drums
Marcel Rodríguez-López (credited but did not play on the album; appears only on Japanese bonus track)
Omar Rodríguez-López – producer
Lars Stalfors – recording engineer, mixing
Isaiah Abolin – recording engineer
Heba Kadry – mastering
Sonny Kay – artwork, layout, design
Noctourniquet is the 6th and most recent studio album by American progressive rock band the Mars Volta, released on March 26, 2012 on Warner Bros. Produced by guitarist and songwriter Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, it is the band's only studio album to feature drummer Deantoni Parks, and their only album not to include contributions from guitarist John Frusciante.
Inspired by the children's nursery rhyme "Solomon Grundy", and the Greek myth of Hyacinthus, Noctourniquet is a concept album. Vocalist Cedric Bixler Zavala comments, "It's about embracing life for what it should be. There's a view of the elitist lifestyle - that being an artist is unattainable. I'm trying to write this story that reminds people that we're all artists."
