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Antemasque is an indie rock band created by former
At the Drive In and
the Mars Volta members vocalist Cedric Bixler-Zavala and guitarist
Omar Rodriguez-Lopez with the latter band's touring drummer
Dave Elitch and bassist
Flea of the
Red Hot Chili Peppers.
Their sound is tight, uptempo, indie rock that moves on from both the post-hardcore of their earliest band and the prog revival of
MV.
After Bixler-Zavala announced the end of
MV the spring of 2013 -- hinting at a creative split -- it took less than a year for him and
Rodriguez-Lopez to begin working together again at the behest of
Flea. The quartet recorded a three-track EP, followed by a full-length in the bassist's studio that was released in November on the Nadie Sound label. Before the recording was released,
Flea, unable to tour due to his many other commitments, was replaced by the equally gifted
Marfred Rodriguez-Lopez in the bass chair. ~ Thom Jurek