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What their label says...
"Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fungus" is one of four solo albums
completed in 2001 by OMAR RODRIGUEZ LOPEZ, upon disbanding AT THE DRIVE-IN.
Simultaneous to launching the massive undertaking that would become THE
MARS VOLTA, Rodriguez-Lopez (as well as his usual cast of coconspirators)
spent much of that year in his Long Beach studio, blowing-off the
proverbial steam resultant from the previous few years of endless touring.
Indicative of Rodriguez-Lopez's habit of constantly shuffling ideas and
compositions amongst his various outlets, the record features tracks that
were intended for eventual use by THE MARS VOLTA but reassigned, for
one reason or another, and prior to the release of this album, unknown to
the public. Featuring nine tracks, "Absence..." was tracked at Doug
Messenger's North Hollywood studio only a few weeks after
Rodriguez-Lopez recorded 'A Manual Dexterity Soundtrack,Vol.1', and is comparable to that project in both sound and atmosphere.
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