Frances got me into the weird wide world of music and I’m forever grateful for it. This is one of the most exciting, daring, and unique albums to ever be released. Ever. If you love a good, challenging listen and you’re tired of prog rock being nothing but King Crimson copycats and Pink Floyd wannabes, then this is an album you have to check out. It’s just a damn shame that The Mars Volta were never able to capture this level of greatness again but fuck, De-Loused is damn close and imo the rest of their discography is still great.