The Mars Volta

The Mars VoltaBreaking a decade of omert, The Mars Volta reawaken from their lengthy hiatus with an eponymous track that radically reshapes their paradigm. Formed by guitarist composer Omar Rodrguez Lpez and singer lyricist Cedric Bixler Zavala, The Mars Volta rose from the ashes of El Paso punk rock firebrands At The Drive In in 2001. On a mission to honour our roots and honour our dead, The Mars Volta made music that fused the Latin sounds Rodrguez Lpez was

includes a collection of rarities and remixes that are not found on any of the bands studio albums

Bands emerging from the late Seventies Mod revival can be divided into two camps -

F7 Guns Blazing

and if you have it may be just because of their glorious cover of the Who’s Circle’s – an ultimate freak beat anthem which this compilation is named after – but the singles they released in the second half of the 1960s are one of the greatest collections of singles by any band

“Me Against The Music” (Peter Rauhofer Radio Mix) + – Britney Spears feat

Recorded a year earlier

19 Right Side of Heaven / Rollin’ On

11 City Of Laughter

A5 Young At Heart

Recorded Live At The BBC Studio's

Heard You Were Dead - 4:00

resulting in an album that is unlike any SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE has released before