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Vaya

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Of all of ATDI's albums, I'd have to say this one is my favorite. It's short, yes, but each of the songs is of such a high quality you feel like you're getting more than just 24 minutes of music. Some of the songs, like Metronome Arthritis, 198d, and Rascuache, just totally knocked me out. Metronome Arthritis, in particular, is one of the best songs I've ever heard. The breakdown:
1) Rascuache- one of the best songs, it's a really good way to start off the album. It's pretty fast paced and very catchy. As always, Cedric's vocals shine, even if the lyrics to this song make even less sense than they normally do.
2) Proxima Centauri- a very interesting song, in the way is speeds up and slows down. The lyrics have something to do with ancient Romans in space and mention things like "spacesuit togas"- wierd, but cool.
3) Ursa Minor- I had heard this song before I bought the album and I loved it- it's another pretty catchy song. It might take some getting used to, since it's kind of offbeat, but it's another great song.
4) Heliotrope- I love the way this song starts off- the guitars ath the beginning are extremely cool. It stays pretty fast the whole way through and it's got some interesting lyrics- "Inseminating motives of a lukewarm persistence/Let the thieves in through the front door/Let them take what they've been missing."
5) Metronome Arthritis- my favorite. It starts off slow and bass-heavy, very ominous, and slowly builds to a stunning climax- "What if forensics find the answer?/What if they stole my fingerprints?/Where did I leave my book of matches?/We'll find you." It's got a great solo near the end and the lyrics are the best on the whole album.
6) 300mhz- Probably my least favorite on the whole album, it's a pretty good song nonetheless, especially near the end.
7) 198d- probably my second favorite song. It's very quiet and emotional and builds up to a brilliant end- "Tremors that hold us/Tremors that warn us/Nothing bleeds like..." A great finale to a great album- BUY IT!

I don't have much to say, other than this album is freakin incredible. Sure, the lyrics make no sense, but they do add to the experience quite a bit. Listening to any of ATDI's songs without Cedirc singing would just sound wrong. He's kind of like another guitar....Anyway, onto this review. I don't want to think of any fancy words right now, so I'll just say that this album is very, very exciting and different. I've never heard anything like ATDI other than ATDI themselves. Every single song on this album sounds great to me. The only problem I had with it was that it was too short (something around 30 minutes long seems too short to me). Though, I'd much rather have quality than quantity, and they deliver on the former.
Rascuache - Starts with a bang, then slows and gathers some groove/funk, then ignites again into something awesome.
Proxima Centauri - Seems offbeat at first, but the more you listen to it, the more you start to like it.
Ursa Minor - Another one of the "odd" songs that sounds wrong at first, but then turns into something exhilarating. Really.
Helitrope - This song jumps out and hits you at the beginning. And it doesn't really stop hitting you, either.
Metronome Arthritis - This song starts very slow. It's kind of an anxious slow, though, and as it progresses, you can tell something's going to happen. And it will... :) Very nice drums on the last part, methinks.
300 Mhz - Instantly very dynamic, it starts with a bang (as most songs on this album do). This is another song that sounds wrong the first time you listen to it. It grows on you, though, but slower than the rest. And for those who don't know, Cedirc isn't saying weird things in the middle - they reversed a track of his voice (At least, that's my theory). This is the only song ATDI has done that I can remember hearing any cussing on. I kind of wonder why they even included it, as it adds nothing and if it weren't for it, you could play it anywhere without anyone disapproving (of lyrics, anyway).
198d - Slow song that sounds really nice. Beginning is a little depressing, but the end gets rid of that depression with some mixture of anger/hope (which is quite an interesting emotion). Not nearly as depressing as Non-Zero Possibility (RoC)
Overall, this album is great. This was my second ATDI album, after RoC. It took a little bit of adjusting, but it's definitely worth it.

Now, you have music, and then there's At The Drive-In! This album contains the secret to the new light of music. Everyone contained in the "I love what's on MTV" genre would break through to the real music once they here this. This album is very hard to not listen to. If you had one bit of knowledge, you would buy this album just in respect to ATDI for creating such great music.
Surgeon General Warning!: listening to this album may result in open-mindedness, trying to sing along, and repeatitive playing.
P.S. DO NOT PLAY THIS ALBUM OUT!

This 7 track EP is At the Drive-in at their best. It has a much warmer sound than the follow up to this record (Relationship of Command), and the lyrics and vocal delivery of the first track (Rascuache) really blew me away. It took me a while to get into this record, but it was worth the effort. The thing i really like about this band is the way they always try and innovate in their guitar playing and create the most original and inspiring melodies. Atd-i are a great band and this along with Relationship of Command are two of the best emo-punk records released in years. Highly reccomended.

From the first lo-fi beats of Rascuache, to the spine-tingling vocal finale on 198d, this album is seriously compelling. I got this EP after I got hooked on The Mars Volta. The lyrics are compelling.

/What if forensics find the answer
/What if they stole my fingerprints
/Where did I leave my book of matches
/We'll find you

Get this EP. If you only get one ATDI cd, get this one. If I hadn't got this one first, I probably would not like ATDI. If you got some of their earlier cd's, and can't get into it, trust me and get this one. It will put them in a new perspective.

This CD is absolutely perfect. Every song on it is equally amazing. By far their best CD. Its one of those CD's that pumps you up with so much energy that you're gonna rock out in your car and you don't give a *&^% who sees you doing it. I honestly look at people in their cars when i listen to this, and i KNOW that whatever they are listening to could never be as good as VAYA. Don't be without music this good.

i can only give this 5 stars? id give it 20.i listen to alot of music and this 7 song masterpiece gains a place in my top five favorite albums of all time. the first song, "rascuache" has one of the most wonderfull solos(if you can call it that) ive heard."heliotrope" is my favorite song of the bunch and you will end up listening to it over and over. "198d", "metronome arthritis" and "proxima centauri" are also great.they are so intense yet somehow tender at the same time.they pack about 10 albums worth of material into 7 songs. i wish all bands would do this.they sound like a cross between fugazi, rage against the machine, nirvana,black flag and rem, with something all their own.just get this.please.

From the first time i heard this album, I was hooked on At the Drive-In. This album is solid from start to finish, a favorite for many including myself. "Metronome Arthritis" instantly became one of my favorite songs and the others, especially "198d," are among the best I've ever heard. This album presents sonic landscapes that are in many ways unparalleled. While I love their other albums, "Vaya" separates itself as the best.

...simply amazing. This EP by at the drive-in is what music is all about. Seven stunning tracks that range from questioning ones habits with lyrics like "what if forensic finds the answers? what if they stole my finger prints? where did I leave that book of matches? we'll find you!(metronome arthritis) to drug induced explosions like "increase the dosage count down from 10". I loved all of them. If they included a few more tracks(it was only a seven song EP) it would be my favorite at the drive-in CD to date. I hope and pray they will carry the legacy on in mars volta.

More polished than In Casino Out and more electronic and Radioheadesque than Relationship Of Command, Vaya is an interesting little sidetrip between the two worlds, and I say little because the overall cd's a little less than 24 minutes long. Very hard to describe, there's still the punk emo influence but just a world unto it's own...

The lyrics are ofcourse awesome, beautifully poetic, futuristic, and incapable of description. Songs such as "Metronome Arthritis" reflect shades of political veiwing or even paranoia ("What if forensics finds the answers? What if they stole my fingerprints?" Cedric says), "Ursa Minor" seems like it's telling a tale of future oppressions of gravity police and such ("propeller snapped/decapitated while you slept upon your pillow/inertia kisses those around me")...

"Heliotrope" might have references to religious conspiracy, "Proxima Centauri" is an intergalctic droolfest involving ancient Romans in space...the crazy vocal blabbering at the end of "300Mhz" is a nice experience...the overall effect of this EP is a sound experiment signal sent via satellite from another planet. It's also a good and relatively cheap installment to get if you want to sample ATDI. Afterwards, you'll want to try out their actual albums.