I think perhaps that Mars Volta is the new Pink Floyd. Not Wall-era Floyd or even Dark Side-era Floyd, but Meddle-era, Live at Pompeii-era Floyd. They’re like Floyd when they were pushing the limits, not once they had perfected the craft (Dark Side) or fallen into decline (The Wall). The question then is this: Will the Mars Volta take the next step and release something that really approaches perfection like Dark Side did? If they don’t, that’s fine, because few bands reach the heights that they already have in just two albums, but they have already set the bar high. In the next few years, they could give us the next truly great album. Something that plays in the same league as Dark Side, Sgt Peppers and Nothing’s Shocking. Time will tell…
