Exclusive Clouds Hill edition - remastered for black vinyl using the original mixes" OCTAHEDRON was a rebellion. [...] It's our "pop" album," says Cedric about their fifth album. Of course, this being The Mars Volta, OCTAHEDRON was pop seen through a kaleidoscopic parallax lens, and you wouldn't need a microscope to spot the viral strangeness lurking in its straight-ahead moves and rediscovered melodic clarity.