Ah, Amputechture. The album that you either love or hate. The last album to feature original drummer Jon Theodore (but never fear, because Thomas Pridgen is waiting in the wings to completely mindfuck you). The album that contains possibly the greatest straight-up rocker that TMV have ever done. And, personally, my second favorite TMV album.
Depending on your feelings about the relatively "spacey" nature of Frances, you will either be pleased or disappointed to learn that this album is much more tightly constructed. The "techture" in the album title references architecture, and the architecture is what makes this album awesome. Listened to from beginning to end, this album has a natural flow that is half of what makes it so special for me. It's difficult to describe, but this album progresses as it goes and really seems to always just feel right, whether it's the brilliantly quiet 7-minute opener, the 17 minute epic Tetragrammaton, or the aforementioned blistering rock track Viscera Eyes. There's little filler here: if you want to nitpick and call Vermicide filler I understand where you're coming from, but overall the band wastes almost no time, which is even more admirable considering this is their 3rd full length album in 3 years.
Sonically, aside from the differences I already mentioned between this album and Frances (lack of ambient noise sections), the band does emphasize their Latin roots a little bit more at certain parts of this album, although nothing terribly dramatic if you didn't mind tracks such as L'via L'viaquez.
Overall definitely a must listen, although as I mentioned already this is definitely a polarizing album.
Holy shit Viscera Eyes is a kickass track though
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