In a monumental announcement for fans of experimental and progressive rock, the prolific musician Omar Rodríguez-López is set to unleash a musical treasure trove with his upcoming 57-album box set, “Amor De Frances.” The highly anticipated release, scheduled for December 2024, is a deep dive into the multifaceted musical world of Rodríguez-López, spanning decades of his innovative and genre-defying work.
The box set features a captivating cover art, embodying the enigmatic and artistic nature of Rodríguez-López’s music. It promises to offer a comprehensive view of the artist’s remarkable career. This ambitious release includes a vast collection of recordings, collaborations and solo projects that Rodríguez-López has been involved in over the years. From his groundbreaking work with At the Drive-In and The Mars Volta to his eclectic solo projects, “Amor De Frances” is a testament to his unrelenting creativity.
While the complete tracklist for the 57-album box set is yet to be unveiled, fans can expect a sonic journey that defies boundaries and conventions, showcasing Rodríguez-López’s ability to push the boundaries of music and genre.
This release follows Rodríguez-López’s long history of musical innovation, experimentation, and boundary-pushing. For those looking to explore his fascinating journey, you can delve into our previous stories on the artist here, providing insight into his creative evolution.
The “Amor De Frances” box set promises to be a collector’s dream, offering a window into the mind of one of contemporary music’s most creative and influential figures. As the December 2024 release date approaches, fans and music enthusiasts alike are eager to embark on this sonic adventure with Omar Rodríguez-López.
Omar Rodríguez-López – A Manual Dexterity: Soundtrack Volume One Tracklist
1. Around Knuckle White Tile
2. Dyna Sark Arches
3. Here The Tame Go By
4. Deus Ex Machina
5. Dramatic Theme
6. A Dressing Failure
7. Sensory Decay Part II
8. Of Blood Blue Blisters
9. Dream Sequence
10. The Palpitations Form A Limit
Omar Rodríguez-López – Omar Rodriguez Tracklist
1. Een Ode Aan Ed Van Der Elsken
2. Regenbogen Stelen Van Prostituees
3. Jacob Van Lennepkade (Part I)
4. Jacob Van Lennepkade (Part II)
5. Vondelpark Bij Nacht
6. Spookrijden Op Het Fietspad
Omar Rodríguez-López & Damo Suzuki – Please Heat This Eventually Tracklist
1. Please Heat This Eventually, Pt. I
2. Please Heat This Eventually, Pt. II
3. Please Heat This Eventually, Pt. III
4. Please Heat This Eventually, Pt. IV
5. Please Heat This Eventually, Pt. V
6. Please Heat This Eventually, Pt. VI
Omar Rodríguez-López – Se Dice Bisonte, No Bùfalo Tracklist
1. The Lukewarm
2. Luxury Of Infancy
3. Rapid Fire Tollbooth
4. Thermometer Drinking The Bussness Of Turnstiles
5. Se Dice Bisonte, No Bùfalo
6. If Gravity Lulls, I Can Hear The World Pant
7. Please Heat This Eventually Pt.I
8. Please Heat This Eventually Pt.II
9. Lurking About In A Cold Sweat
10. (Held Together By Venom)
11. Boiling Death Request A Body To Rest Its Head On
12. La Tirania De La Tradiciòn
Omar Rodríguez-López & Lydia Lunch – Omar Rodriguez Lopez & Lydia Lunch Tracklist
1. Welcome To My Church
2. Getting Rid Of God
3. Back To The Goddess Pt.I
4. Back To The Goddess Pt.II
5. The End Of The White Man’s Revolution
6. Woman (In The Beginning)
Omar Rodríguez-López Quintet – The Apocalypse Inside Of An Orange Tracklist
1. Melting Chariots
2. Knee Deep In The Loving Hush Of Heresy
3. Jacob Van Lennepkade II
4. Fuerza De Liberacion
5. Spared From The Insult List
6. Baby Fat
7. The Apocalypse Inside Of An Orange
8. Coma Pony
Omar Rodríguez-López – Calibration (Is Pushing Luck And Key Too Far) Tracklist
1. Mexico
2. El Monte Tai
3. Una Ced Lacerante
4. Calibration
5. Grey (Cancion Para El)
6. Glosa Picaresca Wou Men
7. Sidewalk Fins
8. Lick The Tilting Poppies
9. Cortar El Cuello
10. … Is Pushing Luck
11. Las Lagrimas De Arakuine
Omar Rodríguez-López & Jeremy Michael Ward – Omar Rodriguez Lopez & Jeremy Michael Ward Tracklist
1. Sounder Of Tame Swine
2. A Tightrope Supports Our Festering
3. Salvo
4. Impoverished Beliefs
5. Heathrow Waltz
6. Swell The Ranks
7. Gidi Prime
8. Swiss Armor Tank
9. Improvised Beliefs
10. Host To Fairweather Friends
11. Untitled
Omar Rodríguez-López – Minor Cuts and Scrapes in the Bushes Ahead Tracklist
1. Solenoid Mosque
2. Trident Resting On The Pulse
3. Work On Motors
4. Electrodorphines
5. Pawn Shop Blues
6. Thankless Serpent
7. Devouring A Sibling
8. White Paint White Meat
9. Sliding In And Out Of A Laceration
10. A Pinching Invention
11. Atrotecism Fenleon
Omar Rodríguez-López – Absence Makes The Heart Grow Fungus Tracklist
1. Hands Tied To The Roots Of A Hemorrhage
2. City Dreams Inside A Truck
3. Sex, Consolation For Misery
4. Tied Prom Digs On The Docks
5. Seeth Of Cloudless Hymstone
6. Mood Swings
7. An Ancient Shrewdness In The Veins
8. A Story Teeth Rotted For
9. Of Ankles To Stone
Omar Rodríguez-López – Old Money Tracklist
1. The Power Of Myth
2. How To Bill The Bilderberg Group
3. Population Council’s Wet Dream
4. Private Fortunes
5. Trilateral Commission As Dinner Guests
6. 1921
7. Family War Funding (Love Those Rothschilds)
8. Vipers In The Bosom
9. I Like The Rockefellers’ First Two Albums,
10. But After That…
11. Old Money
Omar Rodríguez-López – Megaritual Tracklist
1. A Device Imagined To Turn
2. Screaming Babies Inside Out
3. At The Push Of A Button
4. Bells At The Slipstream
5. Good Is Repaid With Evil
6. Panta Section
7. Hands vs. Helix
8. Dispanec Triage
9. Dead Hisses To Match Our Own
Omar Rodríguez-López – Despair Tracklist
1. In Einem Jahr Mit 13 Monden
2. Liebe Ist Kälter Als Der Tod
3. Satansbraten
4. Angst Essen Seele Auf
5. Martha
6. Rio Das Mortes
7. Warnung Vor Einer Heiligen Nutte
8. Chinesisches Roulette
9. Lola
10. Angst Vor Der Angst
El Grupo Nuevo De Omar Rodríguez-López – Cryptomnesia Tracklist
1. Tuberculoids
2. Half Kleptos
3. Cryptomnesia
4. They’re Coming To Get You, Barbara
5. Puny Humans
6. Shake Is For 8th Graders
7. Noir
8. Paper Cunts
9. Elderly Pair Beaten With Hammer
10. Warren Oates
11. Fuck Your Mouth
Omar Rodríguez-López – Xenophanes Tracklist
1. Mundo De Ciegos
2. Ojo Al Cristo De Plata
3. Amanita Virosa
4. Sangrando Detrás De Los Ojos
5. Desarraigo
6. Asco Que Conmueve Los Puntos Erógenos
7. Oremos
8. Perder El Arte De La Razón Sin Mover Un Sólo Dedo:
9. A) Flores De Cizaña
10. B) Maria Celeste
Omar Rodríguez-López Group – Los Sueños de un Hígado Tracklist
1. Boiling Death Request A Body To Rest Its Head On
2. How To Bill The Bilderberg Group
3. Locomocion Capilar
4. Las Flores Con Limón
5. Victimas Del Cielo
Omar Rodríguez-López – Solar Gambling Tracklist
1. Locomocion Capilar
2. Las Flores Con Limón
3. Colmillo Castrado
4. Un Buitre Amable Me Pico
5. Poincaré
6. Los Tentáculos De La Libélula
7. Miel Del Ojo
8. Lorentz
9. Vasco Da Gama
Omar Rodríguez-López & John Frusciante – Omar Rodríguez-López & John Frusciante Tracklist
1. 4:17 am
2. 0=2
3. LOE
4. ZIM
5. VTA
6. 0
7. 5:45 am
Omar Rodríguez-López Quartet – Sepulcros De Miel Tracklist
1. Part I
2. Part II
3. Part III
4. Part IV
5. Part V
6. Part VI
7. Part VII
8. Part VIII
El Trío De Omar Rodríguez-López – Ciencia De Los Inútiles Tracklist
1. Lunes
2. Viernes
3. Miércoles
4. Noche Día
5. Martes
6. Jueves
7. Sábado
8. Domingo
Omar Rodríguez-López – Tychozorente Tracklist
1. Los Siete Sermones A Los Muertos
2. Polaridad
3. La Paradoja Divina
4. Contra Suspiros
5. El Todo
6. Piedras Y Ansiedad
7. El Ritual Como Fin En Si Mismo
8. Consecuencias
Omar Rodríguez-López – Cizaña De Los Amores Tracklist
1. Soledad Y Silencio
2. No Hay Más Respuestas
3. Victimas Del Cielo
4. Corazón
5. De Piedra
6. Infiel Hasta La Muerte
7. Nada De Amor
8. Carne De Perro
Omar Rodríguez-López – Mantra Hiroshima Tracklist
1. Acerca De La Viva
2. On The First Look
3. El Oyente
4. Mastering Death
5. Los Tres “Yo’s”
6. Reason And Understanding
7. El Hacer
8. Hope
9. Sobre La Resurreccion
Omar Rodríguez-López Group – どういたしまして (You’re Welcome) Tracklist
1. Un Buitre Amable Me Pico
2. Poincaré
3. El Todo
4. My Horror Is In Park, Drive Me Away Troubled Heart
5. No Hay Más Respuestas
6. Miel Del Ojo
7. Lorentz
Omar Rodríguez-López – Un Escorpión Perfumado Tracklist
1. Estrangular El Extranjero
2. Que Dice Pessoa?
3. Agua Dulce De Pulpo
4. Incesto O Pasión?
5. Mensaje Imputente
6. El Diablo Y La Tierra
Omar Rodríguez-López – Un Corazón De Nadie Tracklist
1. Mono
2. Ocho
3. Tiburón
4. Esperar
5. Colmillo
6. Querer
7. Tres
8. Vencer
9. Hez
10. Adiós
Omar Rodríguez-López – Saber, Querer, Osar Y Callar Tracklist
1. Home Lost
2. Habits
3. Gentle Umbrellas
4. Spellbound
5. Fear Eats The Soul
6. Better To Hang A Dead Husband Than To Lose A Living Lover
7. Tentáculos
8. Decided?
9. Compartir (Sharing A Bus)
10. Angel Hair
Omar Rodríguez-López – Octopus Kool Aid Tracklist
1. Buenos Aires
2. Where Are The Angels?
3. Pink Heart
4. Células Hermosas
5. People Feeding
6. Un Café Atonal
7. 18
8. Waves
9. Avión Apestoso
10. Worlds Get In The Way
Omar Rodríguez-López – Unicorn Skeleton Mask Tracklist
1. Storm Shadow
2. Happiness
3. Right Of Way
4. Sea Is Rising
5. Tennessee
6. Maria Te Canta
7. Remember
8. Names
9. Bored To Burns
10. Careful Me
Omar Rodríguez-López Group – Woman Gives Birth To Tomato Tracklist
1. Bayamón, Puerto Rico
2. Puebla, México
3. El Paso, Texas
4. Long Beach, California
5. Amsterdam, Holland
6. Brooklyn, New York
7. Zapopan, México
8. Tokyo, Japan
Omar Rodríguez-López – Equinox Tracklist
1. Sueños Salvajes
2. Lovely Rain
3. Oír Hasta Júpiter
4. Popolon
5. Mermaid Grapefruit
6. Araña Virus
7. Dientes Para El Osmosis
8. No
Omar Rodríguez-López – ¿Sólo Extraño? Tracklist
1. Salt Lines
2. Horror
3. Turn For Caring
4. Invisible Laziness
5. Discursos
6. House In The Sand
7. Machu Picchu
8. Common Condescend
9. Quemamos Lo
Omar Rodríguez-López – Sworn Virgins Tracklist
1. Pineapple Face
2. Not Even Toad Loves You
3. To Kill A Chi Chi
4. Trick Harpoon Stare Of Baby
5. High Water Hell
6. Saturine
7. Crow’s Feet
8. Heart Mistakes
9. Logged Into Bliss
10. Fortuna
11. Twice A Plague
Omar Rodríguez-López – Corazones Tracklist
1. We Feel The Silence
2. Running Away
3. It Was Her
4. Dead Heart
5. Lola
6. Sea Is Rising
7. Certainty
8. Arrest My Father
9. Some Sort of Justice
10. Five Different Pieces
11. If I Told You The Truth I Would Be Made Of Lies
Omar Rodríguez-López – Blind Worms, Pious Swine Tracklist
1. Vanishing Tide
2. Atlantis Is Rising
3. Black Mass
4. Lights
5. Tunnel Riot
6. Savage Letters
7. Mariposa
8. Swollen Neck
9. Hieroglyphs From Hell
10. Acacia
11. Only Nothing Is
Omar Rodríguez-López – Arañas En La Sombra Tracklist
1. No Hey Inteligencia
2. Arcos Del Amor
3. El Vacio
4. Piojos Histericos
5. Un Mar Amargo
6. Metamorfosis
7. Extravagants Dientes
8. Primitivo Y Barbaro
9. Semillas De Hez
10. Araña El La Sombra
11. Voluntad De Los Ciegos
12. Presencia
Omar Rodríguez-López – Umbrella Mistress Tracklist
1. Saloenliaze
2. Umbrella Mistress
3. Houses Full Of Hurt
4. Eastern Promises
5. Blood Count
6. Through Wires
7. Blue Pale Queen
8. Tell Me What I Did Wrong
9. Winters Gone
10. Diamond Teeth
Omar Rodríguez-López – El Bien Y Mal Nos Une Tracklist
1. Violencia Cotidiana
2. Acuérdate
3. Un Acto De Fe
4. Amor Frío
5. Perdido
6. Humor Sufí
7. Va Voz
8. Yo Soy La Destrucción
9. Planetas Sin Sol
10. Estrella Caída
Omar Rodríguez-López – Cell Phone Bikini Tracklist
1. Childless Mother
2. Holding Hell
3. Amarillo
4. Sell Myself In
5. To My Fallen Head, I’m A Piece of Paper
6. Truth Binds Us
7. Wolf
8. Kisses Are Fishes
9. Suerte Y Aire
Omar Rodríguez-López – Infinity Drips Tracklist
1. Na’ir Al Saif
2. Azha
3. Jabhat Al Akrab
4. Microscopium
5. Tania Borealis
6. Lacerta
7. Zuben El Genubi
8. El Nath
9. Nihal
10. Baten Kaitos
11. Edasich
12. Er Rai
13. Manir Al Shuja
Omar Rodríguez-López – Weekly Mansions Tracklist
1. Essential Punishments
2. Rotten Straw Lips
3. Metallic Sweating For The Rich
4. Science Urges
5. Want, Need, Scream In A Dream
6. Sophia As Well
7. The Editor
8. A Little Old Picnic in Fort Collins
9. Disheartening Envelope
10. Get In There Before You Sour
11. Head Is Made of Straw
12. Right On My Finger
13. They Ain’t Kidding Me
14. Bone Fat
Omar Rodríguez-López – Zapopan Tracklist
1. Reap The Roots
2. Tandem Happiness
3. Fielding Souls
4. What’s Left In You
5. Spell Broken Hearts
6. If It Was A Snake It Would Have Bit You
7. Hollow Change
8. Archangel
9. Harboring A Sadist
10. Tentáculos De Fé
11. Random Bouts Of Shadow
Omar Rodríguez-López – Nom De Guerre Cabal Tracklist
1. Uncovering A Word
2. Bitter Sunsets
3. Healed And Raised By Wounds
4. Riot Squid
5. Life Proves It’s Worth
6. Victims of Power
7. Violet Rays Again
8. Nom De Guerre
9. How Does One Love Go Blind
Omar Rodríguez-López – Some Need It Lonely Tracklist
1. Bitter Sunsets
2. We Might
3. Sanity A Dream
4. Zophiel
5. Archangel Trophy
6. Changes
7. Back To The Same
8. Zero Worth
9. Barachiel Is At It Again
10. Ariel
11. Mulu Lizi
Omar Rodríguez-López – A Lovejoy Tracklist
1. Una Bestia
2. Faceless And Tired
3. Un Recuerdo
4. Fortuned Life
5. I Bet He’d Like That
6. Transparent
7. Still Not Breathing
8. Nobodies
9. Left For Dead
10. Tlaquepaque
Omar Rodríguez-López – Roman Lips Tracklist
1. Roman Lips
2. Sequester Chagall
3. Don’t Fight Back
4. Bitter Tears
5. Upon Golden Ice
6. He Gave Me A Key To Nothing
7. Deadlight
8. Yeah About That, About That
9. Souless Doubts
10. Still Nobodies
11. An Informal Youth
12. What Could Give Did Not
13. To Need Something
14. Fishtank
Omar Rodríguez-López – Zen Thrills Tracklist
1. Burning Those Bridges
2. Scream, What Do I Do
3. Nowhere Sides
4. With You If You Give A Damn
5. Where Did Youth Go
6. Passions May Bluff
7. Lounge for A Tongue
8. Drown It All, No One Will Miss It
9. That’s Hell Alright
Omar Rodríguez-López – Chocolate Tumor Hormone Parade Tracklist
1. Choc
2. ol
3. ate
4. Tu
5. mor
6. Hor
7. mone
8. Pa
9. ra
10. de
Omar Rodríguez-López – Ensayo De Un Desaparecido Tracklist
1. Nocturna Luz
2. Nubes Sin Agua
3. Recuerdos
4. Un Abismo Bendito
5. El Arte de Fracasar
6. Ojos Negros
7. Deseos Para Quemar
8. Vidrio De La Fe
9. Besos Secretos
10. La Orilla
Omar Rodríguez-López – Azul, Mis Dientes Tracklist
1. Isaac
2. Robert
3. Kena
4. Trigeña
5. Marcel
6. Merit
7. Diente Azul
8. Rojo
9. Sandra
10. Victor
11. Hilo Por Hilo
Omar Rodríguez-López – Gorilla Preacher Cartel Tracklist
1. Spanish Castles
2. No Little Man
3. Buying Friendships
4. Te Adoro
5. Lección En Ignoracia
6. Solo Dios Lo Permite
7. Warship Super Flask
8. Civil War Chocolates
9. Loveless
10. Interceptions
11. Of Pride
Omar Rodríguez-López – Killing Tingled Lifting Retreat Tracklist
1. A Fool So Bleak
2. Tickle Tumor
3. Bow Down Again
4. Or Make War
5. Love Light
6. Paint Yourself A Saint
7. Casando La Luna
8. Oro
9. Don’t Let Us Breathe
10. Wonder Kindly
Omar Rodríguez-López – Solid State Mercenaries Tracklist
1. Bought Some Faith
2. Sinister Page
3. Congenial Censor
4. Lightning Round
5. Killing Out The Special Tide
6. Five Star
7. Strangled Maybes
8. Mommy Dearest
9. Your Hazard Name
10. Try On Little Man
Omar Rodríguez-López – Birth of A Ghost Tracklist
1. Cactus And Honey
2. Echo Beast
3. A Good Kind Of Blue
4. Nuclear Mysticism
5. September
6. White Smack Cramps
7. An Old Lacquer-Tinged Tomb
8. Macro Mutations
9. Through A Glass Darkly
10. Thoughts And Ashes
Omar Rodríguez-López – Doom Patrol Tracklist
1. Chew, Devour
2. Tight Mess Boys
3. Maggot Breath
4. Cruelty Restores Order
5. Necroplasty
6. In Case Of Emergency, Die Slowly
7. Washed Heel Flip
8. Voraz
9. Circuitry Of Team Rash
10. Dressed For A Stabbing Museum
Omar Rodríguez-López Group – Live At Clouds Hill Tracklist
1. Arcos Del Amor (Live At Clouds Hill)
2. Paint Yourself A Saint (Live At Clouds Hill)
3. Bitter Tears (Live At Clouds Hill)
4. Science Urges (Live At Clouds Hill)
5. Roman Lips (Live At Clouds Hill)
6. It All Begins With You (Live At Clouds Hill)
7. Fishtank (Live At Clouds Hill)
8. Fool So Bleak (Live At Clouds Hill)
Omar Rodríguez-López – It’s In The Clouds Tracklist
1. Is It The Clouds?
2. Mere Centimeter
3. Gently Tamed
4. Rat Pain
5. Once A Broken Human
6. Amor Frio
7. Which Came First
8. Your Own Worst Enemy
9. Solving This Again
10. Broken (Reprise)