Octahedron - Why It's The Most Original of 2009

After weeks of bombarding myself with music I consider subpar I found something from this year that's really good. 2009 has been shaping up to be a terrible year for music. 'Boom Boom Pow' is the pinnacle of what people find cool and interesting but that song is the equivalent of being repeatedly skull fucked. Don't get me wrong the song is catchy, infectious, and everything Pop music should be, but the only question that I ask, is it a good song? A couple of weeks ago I had the opportunity to buy this album (and when I say buy, I went to the store and paid for it. No iTunes this time) and it's been mesmerizing. It's the equivalent of acoustic Prog. Rock. The opening track 'Since We've Been Wrong' with it's beautiful intro of near silence and synthesizers one wonders why this track hasn't been heard everywhere. 'With Twilight As My Guide' is another masterpiece Cedric Bixler-Zavala & Omar Rodriguez-Lopez are gods among men. This reminds me of why I miss At the Drive In.