Amputechture - new Mars Volta

KeithTalent

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Overall I'm a little disappointed, though I am not even all the way through yet.

I feel as if the production is a little muddied. It seems like I can barely hear the drums and a lot of the instruments just seem to blend together. There is a lack of crispness and even when the intensity of a song picks up it doesn't punch you in the gut like on their previous albums.

I don't really think it is the songwriting, but what do you guys think?