7. In Absentia - HMV Forum, London, 15.07.2012

The Mars Volta at the HMV Forum in Kentish Town, London, 15th July 2012.
Setlist -
1. Aegis
2. The Whip Hand
3. Lapochka
4. Trinkets Pale of Moon
5. Dyslexicon
6. The Malkin Jewel/Broken English Jam
7. In Absentia
8. Empty Vessels Make the Loudest Sound
9. Molochwalker
10. The Widow
11. Goliath
Filmed using a Panasonic Lumix TZ7.

[@massacre11]

best song on the record

[@superchimp99]

I wasn't expecting to find any live performances of this song and this blew me away that they could tackle such a free ranged tempo piece

[@hannsandres]

"This song separates the posers from the real fans" -Cedric Bixler Zavala

[@charmicarmicat2981]

DAMN Cedric has never sounded better. Who knows what the next TMV album would've sounded like. But still, Antemasque is pretty good.

[@inabsentia9640]

ugh that break down gets me.

[@manduhk]

it wont ever let you goooo

[@schuylerfalkena886]

Best song indeed..

[@solrubrum]

Outstanding.

[@nettor4]

Thank you so much for filming this. Miss this guys so much :C

[@schuylerfalkena886]

Dude...most beautiful lyrics I may have ever heard..

[@jessefordmusic9775]

Carlton on drums.

[@xxxbh4everxxx]

Wow this is flawless. Cedric totally nailed it. I think this came across much better than the album version; it's so emotional and raw here. Amazing upload.

[@thepurplebottle6]

jesus christ I will forever love these guys

[@jordanpalamara]

Holy shit. The quality of this is amazing. You're my favourite person in the world.

[@chemistreset]

something about this performance makes it even more free-jazz, lucid feeling than the recording. Amazing!

[@Edgarsopper]

His lyrics on this album absolutely get me off, rock solid...for me, this is THE Mars Volta album...the instrumentals are gorgeous and brilliant, then his lyrics just carve out some beautiful, intricate detail.

[@WildHeart7777]

Fuckin GORGEOUS. I wanted to see this live before I died. Oh well. I'm still in freakin mourning over the breakup. Luckily what they left us is so good it will withstand the test of time...forever

[@Croot_Music]

amazing

[@Mr.Beaners]

Отлично !

[@EmptyInfinity1]

Everytime I see Deantoni play, I always think...'He can really do that.' Awesome.

[@javiermami]

Ceddy on point with his singing made me blush cheeks are tingling LOL. Can wait for zavalaz.

[@gustavoovalle2011]

Zavalaz!!!!

[@cannabisdeathmorbs]

inspirational. i love the mars volta and i love at the drive in and omars solo shit. im gonna go see an OMRL concert son. its gonna amazing. its gonna be good

[@southgallatin]

awesome

[@nypbnyi]

I love the faces that Deantoni makes.

[@luizhefender]

fucking EPIC. Hope Cedric perform exactly like in this version alllllll the time

[@matthius23]

Get out of the way Cedric! I wanna watch Deantoni! :-D Again, thanks so much for these.

[@Vojife]

Come on, why has an amazing band got to break up before I get to go to their gig?

[@RyanRenteria]

RIP

[@MrOoguie]

fuck yea!!!

[@MarkSerpico]

Sometimes... I just wanna listen to this whole album.

[@swisa1120]

This drummer's genius

[@BishopMuzorewa]

That's true enough

[@TheJman7830]

7:42 best part

[@diafenix]

CEDRIC BIXLER-ZAVALA!!!

[@dominicbaxter1141]

Never realised how beautiful the lyrics to this song are. 6:30, am I wrong, my brother?

[@sebastianvilches493]

Da last gig?

[@themarsvoltafan1215]

when ifirst heard this album ithought they used a drum machine and iwas right its called deantoni parks

[@SuperJazzyx]

damn cedric can sing

[@nicouh]

if youre saying that deantoni parks cant keep time, youre definitely trying to troll. that dudes better than a metronome

[@manduhk]

ditto from me

[@bruuuu]

Omar looks tired and disappointed when Cedric starts to dance at 5:15, so sad....

[@Huegelmann]

It's not the only gig from 2012 where he looks like that. Watch videos of At the drive-in gigs from that year and he will be standing there, with a bored expression, too. During this time he was mourning the death of his mother, so he wasn't really into freakin out onstage. He said that in an interview. Look here: www.mtv.com/news/2698914/bosnian-rainbows-omar-rodriguez-lopez/ ( but it could also be, that In Absentia is one of that songs that just don't really work when played live. Nevertheless i think this is a great performance, especially from Cedric!)

[@RaghavVij]

Omar looks bored. At moments when Cedric goes crazy his expression clearly say " What the fuck" :p

[@mykelc205]

The drums are to high in the mix..sometging that has plagued their livr shows since T.P joined..IMHo.