OMAR RODRIGUEZ LOPEZ - Old Money (vinyl) on sale

OMAR RODRIGUEZ LOPEZ - Old Money (vinyl)
Omar Rodriguez Lopez's Old Money is the first album that The Mars Voltaguitarist/producer/writer/arranger released with Stones Throw Records.The addictive melodies and passionate execution of each performancerender Old Money perhaps the most accessible of his non-Volta recordings,and the perfect entry point to anyone not yet familiar with what thisprolific artist has to offer.The album fits comfortably between the guitarist's monumental workwith The Mars Volta, and his prior rock-based solo releases such as 2007'sThe Apocalypse Inside Of An Orange. Loosely based on the concept ofexploitative industrialists and, well, their old money, the album presentsa 10-track collection of concise rock compositions, which range from progressiveto psychedelic to downright funky. Many of these sounds couldeasily be at home on a Volta record proper had they meshed with CedricBixler-Zavala's vocals; Rodriguez Lopez has hinted that this record wasa potential follow up to the 2006 Volta release Amputechture until hechanged his musical direction.Through the assistance of many of the players familiar to any fan of his''day gig'', Rodriguez Lopez goes straight for the jugular with an unrelentingtrio of opening tracks: the lead-in ''The Power of Myth'', the haunting,Middle Eastern-psych flavored ''How to Bill the Bilderberg Group'', and theblistering ''Population Council's Wet Dream.'' The results are formidableand easily rank among the most exciting moments of Rodriguez Lopez'ssolo output.