The upright bass really drives the album, particularly evident on 'Rickety'. I never knew I needed an alternate version of a song as perfect as 'Deeper Into Movies' until now.

I too worship Perfect From Now On, but in the past 6 years couldn't really get it going for There Is No Enemy.

Took me 10 years, but I now fully appreciate this album.  Simply beautiful.

1. De-Loused
2. Frances
{large gap}
3. Octahedron
{larger gap}
4. Amputechture
{largest gap}
5. Noctourniquet
6. Bedlam in Goliath

Love the serendipity of my random selection of listening to this album this morning, followed by progressing to the AVCLUB homepage to see this article staring at me about halfway through.  

Love the serendipity of my random selection of listening to this album this morning, followed by progressing to the AVCLUB homepage to see this article staring at me about halfway through.  

Hard to believe it's been 10 years. Then again, when I look at my life and see how much has changed, it's hard to believe it's only been 10 years. Very excited for this new one.

Hard to believe it's been 10 years. Then again, when I look at my life and see how much has changed, it's hard to believe it's only been 10 years. Very excited for this new one.

Someone's seen Vanilla Sky.

Someone's seen Vanilla Sky.

I cannot be the only one who serenades my children's rejections to "Testament to Youth in Verse" now, can I?

Clear eyes, full parks, can't lose!

Clear eyes, full parks, can't lose!

'Cotopaxi' wasn't all that long ago.

This one was recorded around the same time as Octahedron, so that puts their output at about 33 songs 18 months from Bedlam on forward.  A normal release schedule is what, 1 album every 2-3 years?  Haven't gotten around to listening to this one yet, but I suspect one could make a epic classic just cherrypicking songs…

Deloused
Frances
Octahedron
Amputechture
Bedlam

On the contrary, I'm a Volta fan who totally understands the hate.  Let's face it, their music isn't for everyone, and certainly not for cursory listens.  At a glance, the incessant noodling on the guitar and foot-twisting time signatures so readily apparent on the first listen require an effort to appreciate that not…

That's the funniest fucking video ever.

Riggs: Mars forever.

Is the asterisk beside Oscar due to him being gay or hispanic?