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keaton_86
July 8th 2024


1343 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0

I wanted to like it, TMV are my second favorite band but 70% of these songs are either bad or forgettable.

StrizzMatik
February 7th 2025


4232 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5 | Sound Off

Holy shit, an entire new record leaked out of nowhere! WE BACK BOYS



Lucro Sucio; Los Ojos Del Vacío



1. Fin (1:17)

2. Reina tormenta (1:06)

3. Enlazan las tinieblas (4:44)

4. Mictlán (1:05)

5. Nefilibata (3:44)

6. Cue the Sun (3:46)

7. Alba del orate (1:40)

8. Voice in My Knives (5:30)

9. Poseedora de mi sombra (1:21)

10. Celaje (2:35)

11. Vociferó (2:20)

12. Mito de los trece cielos (1:02)

13. Un disparo al vacío (3:34)

14. Detrás de la puerta dorada (0:28)

15. Maullidos (2:56)

16. Morgana (3:06)

17. Cue the Sun (reprise) (4:39)

18. Lucro Sucio (4:36)



Total Time 49:29





Line-up / Musicians

- Cedric Bixler-Zavala / vocals

- Omar Rodríguez-López / guitar, backing vocals, keyboards, synth

- Marcel Rodríquez-López / keyboards, synth, percussion

- Eva Gardner / bass, double bass

- Leo Genovese / keys, piano, sax

- Linda-Philomène Tsoungui / drums



Releases information

Label: Clouds Hill

Format: Vinyl, CD, Digital

April 11, 2025







DrGonzo1937
Staff Reviewer
February 7th 2025


18925 Comments

Album Rating: 3.2

Nice. Hope it’s got a little more presence than this

StrizzMatik
February 7th 2025


4232 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5 | Sound Off

Just over halfway through. Early verdict is that it's a groovier, chilled out weirder proggier and more confident version of what they were doing on TMV, it's very adventurous and I'm already liking it more. It's still in the vein of 80s prog/yacht rock but more fleshed out and complex, honestly it's what the s/t should have been.

DrGonzo1937
Staff Reviewer
February 7th 2025


18925 Comments

Album Rating: 3.2

You’ve got me excited

StrizzMatik
February 7th 2025


4232 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5 | Sound Off

Check your soundbox

keaton_86
February 7th 2025


1343 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0

Okay imma buy the new record blind. I was cautious after the flaccidity of this and the acoustic version but everyone seems to be pretty happy with it. April is gonna kick ass. New TMV and Deafheaven.

Demon of the Fall
February 7th 2025


38995 Comments

Album Rating: 1.5

okay whoa, tentatively intrigued with the emphasis veering quite severely towards the "tentatively"

botb
February 7th 2025


19794 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

I just don’t want chilled out TMV I think, I need the energy

DrGonzo1937
Staff Reviewer
February 7th 2025


18925 Comments

Album Rating: 3.2

you'll be disappointed again then botb, i think. imo, the new record is the frances the mute version of this. still very subtle and sombre songwriting, but the experimentation and psychedelia is cranked to 11. i'm not sure if i like it yet tbh, think i need more time with it.





botb
February 7th 2025


19794 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

I will definitely be giving it a shot, I love the psych elements. but this record puts me to sleep if I try and run it straight through

StrizzMatik
February 7th 2025


4232 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5 | Sound Off

Yeah, Lucro Sucio is definitely in the line of the self-titled but it comes off way more experimental and organic in the compositions. Pushing heavier into Santana / Steely Dan territory but with that TMV oddball flavor, and there's no overt catchy "pop" stuff like Graveyard Love, but there's a lot more variety and substance to dig into imo

DocSportello
February 7th 2025


3685 Comments


Excited to listen!

GreyShadow
February 7th 2025


8073 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

where is it!!!

XingKing
February 7th 2025


16338 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0

soulseek

ShadowOfTheCitadel
February 7th 2025


567 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off

I like it less than this album, but I need to listen to it more. Cedric is an absolute beast on it. If you like tracks like Noctourniquet, In Absentia, Equus 3 and Flashburns From Flashbacks, that's essentially the sound of the album but with more organic percussion.

Veldin
February 8th 2025


5874 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Damn, after first listen of Lucro Sucio, I can say I really enjoy it. Incredibly vibey and comfortingly weird. Hope people enjoy it. Sad that it leaked before the band could even announce it.

StrizzMatik
February 8th 2025


4232 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5 | Sound Off

The leak is a 128kbps rip, I'm sure the actual record in full quality is going to sound pretty awesome vs this, but the music itself is great already

XingKing
February 8th 2025


16338 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0

Anyone who likes this record and their old stuff will probably like the new one. It sounds like this filtered through Frances the Mute, minus all the rock or prog.

StrizzMatik
February 11th 2025


4232 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5 | Sound Off

I'm pretty convinced they're leaking the record themselves, literally every single one has leaked early and by this point there's no way they wouldn't have that shit under control, it's gotta be on purpose



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