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The Mars Volta have announced the release of their first album since 2012’s Noctourniquet. The new, self-titled collection will be released on September 16.
The band have also released a video for Vigil, the third single to be taken from the album. An uplifting mix of pop melody and sonic weirdness, with the introduction of frenetic drums in as the song progresses giving it a sense of uneasy claustrophobia, Vigil follows in the footsteps of Graveyard Love last month and Blacklight Shine in June.
A statement that accompanies news of the album’s release says, “The new album shakes loose some of band’s long-standing shibboleths, with only two tracks lasting longer than four minutes, and the dizzying, abrasive prog stylings of earlier albums absent.
“The Mars Volta pulses with subtle brilliance, Caribbean rhythms underpinning sophisticated, turbulent song craft. This is guitarist/composer Omar Rodríguez-López and singer/lyricist Cedric Bixler-Zavala at their most mature, most concise, most focused. Their sound and fury channeled to greatest effect.”
The Mars Volta is available to pre-order on CD and vinyl (opens in new tab), with a “kinetic edition” featuring an embossed, gold foiled outer sleeve available from the Clouds Hill website (opens in new tab). The digital editions will be available in spatial audio and Dolby Atmos. A number of bundles are also available, some of which include a “Volta Cube”.
(Image credit: Clouds Hill)
The Mars Volta: The Mars Volta tracklist
1. Blacklight Shine
2. Graveyard Love
3. Shore Story
4. Blank Condolences
5. Vigil
6. Qué Dios Te Maldiga Mí Corazón
7. Cerulea
8. Flash Burns From Flashbacks
9. Palm Full Of Crux
10. No Case Gain
11. Tourmaline
12. Equus 3
13. Collapsible Shoulders
14. The Requisition
The Mars Volta Tour 2022
Sep 23: Dallas The Factory, TX
Sep 25: Atlanta The Tabernacle, GA
Sep 27: Philadelphia Opera House, PA
Sep 29: New York Terminal 5, N.Y.
Oct 01: Boston MGM Music Hall, MA
Oct 03: Washington The Anthem, D.C.
Oct 05: Toronto Massey Hall, ON
Oct 06: Detroit The Royal Oak, MI
Oct 08: Chicago Aragon Ballroom, IL
Oct 11: Denver Mission Ballroom, CO
Oct 14: Seattle Moore Theatre, WA
Oct 18: San Francisco The Warfield, CA
Oct 21: Los Angeles The Palladium, CA
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- The Mars Volta - Televators - Yellow VInyl - UK - 10" vinyl - £30.00, $39.30, €35.40 (New Item) (arrived 13-Sep-2024 16:15)on September 16, 2024 at 7:37 am
THE MARS VOLTA Televators (2004 UK limited edition 10" single pressed on Yellow Vinyl also including Eriatarka [Live From The Electric Ballroom]. The hype stickered glossy picture sleeve has some shelfwear scuffing to the edges and is individually numbered on the back and the vinyl looks barely played MCST40352)
- The Mars Volta - Wax Simulacra - UK - 7" picture disc - £20.00, $26.20, €23.60 (New Item) (arrived 12-Sep-2024 15:56)on September 16, 2024 at 7:37 am
THE MARS VOLTA Wax Simulacra (2008 UK limited edition 7" Picture Disc single, also including their cover version of Siouxie and The Banshees' 'Pulled To Bits'. Issued in a title-stickered clear PVC sleeve. The disc itself looks barely played)
- The Mars Volta - Octahedron - White Vinyl - UK - 2-LP vinyl set - £60.00, $78.60, €70.80 (New Item) (arrived 28-Feb-2024 11:28)on September 16, 2024 at 7:37 am
THE MARS VOLTA Octahedron (2009 UK 8-track 2-LP set pressed on White Vinyl - An album heady with the emotion and high-drama that has always been the band's trademark, 'Octahedron' opens with the tender ache of 'Since We've Been Wrong',Cedric's keening vocal establishing a mood that's deeply blue, powerfully melancholic, a suckerpunch that hits every bit as hard as Octahedron's unashamed rockers [the gleaming futuristic funk of 'Teflon,' the tense chase-music of 'Cotopaxi'].Pulling back from the full-tilt experimentation of previous releases, the album invests its energies in Omar's gift for songcraft, for swooning guitar runs of high tension and emotive power ['Luciforms'], and for the nagging hooks and melodies that wreath the churning rhythms of 'Desperate Graves'. Presented in a beautiful spot lacquered gatefold picture sleeve with artwork inners, the sleeve and vinyl grade Excellent to Near Mint with minimal signs of wear or play RLPE008)
- The Mars Volta - Octahedron - White Vinyl - UK - 2-LP vinyl set - £60.00, $78.60, €70.80 (New Item) (arrived 28-Feb-2024 16:57)on September 16, 2024 at 7:37 am
THE MARS VOLTA Octahedron (2009 UK 8-track 2-LP set pressed on White Vinyl - An album heady with the emotion and high-drama that has always been the band's trademark, 'Octahedron' opens with the tender ache of 'Since We've Been Wrong',Cedric's keening vocal establishing a mood that's deeply blue, powerfully melancholic, a suckerpunch that hits every bit as hard as Octahedron's unashamed rockers [the gleaming futuristic funk of 'Teflon,' the tense chase-music of 'Cotopaxi'].Pulling back from the full-tilt experimentation of previous releases, the album invests its energies in Omar's gift for songcraft, for swooning guitar runs of high tension and emotive power ['Luciforms'], and for the nagging hooks and melodies that wreath the churning rhythms of 'Desperate Graves'. Presented in a beautiful spot lacquered gatefold picture sleeve with artwork inners, the sleeve and vinyl grade Excellent to Near Mint with minimal signs of wear or play RLPE008)
- The Mars Volta - The Mars Volta - Sealed - UK - vinyl LP - £24.99, $32.74, €29.49 (Back In Stock) (arrived 05-Jun-2024 12:58)on September 16, 2024 at 7:37 am
THE MARS VOLTA The Mars Volta (Sealed 2022 UK 14-track vinyl LP, with picture sleeve. Seventh album from prog-rock titans The Mars Volta, and their first album since 2012's Noctourniquet. Features Blacklight Shrine, Graveyard Love, and Vigil. This copy remains sealed from new and in mint, unplayed condition)
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