Lost for two decades, the recent rediscovery of 'Landscape Tantrums' the first attempt at recording the music that would become The Mars Volta's 'De-Loused in the Comatorium' (2003) revealed an important and hitherto missing chapter in the group's evolution. Self-recorded by Omar (assisted by Jon DeBaun) at Burbank's Mad Dog Studios within a head spinning four days, 'Landscape Tantrums' captures 'De-Loused' in somewhat embryonic form, though much of what would make The Mars Volta's debut album such an electrifying, sublime experience was already in place: the fearless invention, the fusion of futurist rock elements and traditions from outside of the rock orthodoxy, the sense of virtuosity working in service of emotional effect.
Track Listing:
1. Roulette Dares (The Haunt Of) - The Mars Volta
2. Son Et Lumière - The Mars Volta
3. Inertiatic ESP - The Mars Volta
4. Drunkship of Lanterns - The Mars Volta
5. Eriatarka - The Mars Volta
6. This Apparatus Must Be Unearthed - The Mars Volta
7. Televators - The Mars Volta
8. Take the Veil Cerpin Taxt - The Mars Volta
