mars volta?

Another one. Gorgeous and politically engaged. This is fantastic.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7MuV_qNsa8

Has there been any official album announcement yet? Stevie's post clearly implies one is in the can and "out there", but I haven't seen anything.

Apparently there was since-deleted product listing over at France’s Amazon. According to the listing, the self-titled album will arrive on September 16th, with this track list:

01 – “Blacklight Shine”
02 – “Graveyard Love”
03 – “Shore Story”
04 – “Black Condolences”
05 – “Vigil”
06 – “Que Dios Te Maldiga Mi Corazon”
07 – “Cerulea”
08 – “Flash Burns From Flashbacks”
09 – “Palm Full Of Crux”
10 – “No Case Gain”
11 – “Tourmaline”
12 – “Equus 3”
13 – “Collapsible Shoulders”
14 – “The Requisition”

Too many tracks unless it's a 3CD set.

maybe some tiny times?

It's going to be a full pop album isn't it. Exciting!

Good read, i thought.

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/aug/12/the-mars-volta-the-most-revolutionary-thing-we-could-do-was-to-make-a-pop-record

Very much so. Excited!

Looking forward to reading that.

Saw that the running time for the new one is only 44 minutes, isn't that a relative EP for these guys?

The songs are short - song-length, you might say. But they are brilliant. It's a wonderful album, the pop album they've been threatening since at least before Octahedron, a really brave record that pays off, big time.

Yeah, I was being flip, I'm still super excited for this record. Just surprised to see the lack of epics on the tracklist.

The most revolutionary thing we could do was to make a pop record

haven't read the article yet but god this is such a tired trope

You're just questioning true art maaaaaaan.

"Vinculum in the Cyclosphere Pt. 1 (f. Carly Rae Jepsen)"

Would listen. What's some good prog-pop?

The most revolutionary thing we could do was to walk in lockstep with all critical trends

What's some good prog-pop?

― dow, Friday, 12 August 2022 19:01 (nineteen minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

basically just scour my EOY ballots tbh

As for TMV, whether this is a crass move or an inspired one depends entirely on the execution

The most revolutionary thing we could do was to walk in lockstep with all critical trends

― marcel the shell with swag on (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, August 12, 2022 3:18 PM (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

tough but fair

so critical trends=going pop?

The Big Time(s)!

New York Times, September 2022. pic.twitter.com/mXgxCflFQh

— THE MARS VOLTA (@themarsvolta) September 8, 2022

hmmmm

neither as bad as some are saying nor as good as i was hoping

the preview songs are generally the stronger moments

sure sounds like late-period Beck for something that's about escaping the Church, lads

the preview songs are generally the stronger moments

Ominous sign given that I didn't like any of the singles (different from not liking any of the videos; those were great).

Haven't heard the whole thing yet, but this really seems like it would have been better as a non-TMV album, maybe another Antemasque or something.

Yeah, I don't think I needed to hear Cedric Bixler-Zavala sing his usual falsetto nonsense over watered-down alt-R&B. I don't think *anyone* needed to hear that, frankly.

i dig this

i did not know travis barker was briefly in antemasque, that is a completely baffling combination that i can only imagine would have resulted in the worst music ever? idk

amputechture is their best album y/y?

― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Tuesday, November 9, 2021 2:09 PM (ten months ago) bookmarkflaglink

god i'm so fucking right

I don't hate this new one? It's a big departure, but also not? It almost sounds like short form pop songs made out of those brief linking interludes from their old prog epics.

The more I listen to it, the more I kinda love it

It's my favourite album of the year. The YouTubes I've seen from the show have been great, too. Cedric's voice is really strong, and deft.

I've been surprised to see how few songs off the new album they've been playing. I mean, I get it, but I figured they might give it more airtime.

album is actually very very good

an album of jagged art-rock miniatures

def the most interesting thing they've made since the first three records

new record didn't immediately grab me but the clips I've seen of the live shows definitely sold me on it, very good indeed, kind of regret not taking a road trip to Seattle to hear it in person, have seen them twice before in sports arenas and I think a theater is definitely where you want to be for a mars volta show

my favourite album of 2022. Vigil is a stunning song.

Huge fan of the first three Mars Volta albums. The new one makes a strong EP. Still have some great memories from the De-Loused and Frances tours back in the day.

havent listent to this group since bedlam but this new one is great, and very different, like a more rockin dirty projectors idk

So an acoustic version of the new album came out today and...nobody gives a shit?

Oh, I didn't know it was out - it's excellent, though.

Lots of albums come out and people don't give a shit about most of them. I'll check it out though

Lots of albums come out and people don't give a shit about most of them.

True, but there were no reviews posted on any of the major music sites. Brief news items back in March when the album was announced, but this week, nothing. Seemed surprising to me.

it’s an acoustic version of a record that already came out

sometimes these get covered and sometimes they don’t idk, i’m not particularly interested

Thanks for the head's up on this. I really liked the album and had no idea they'd released an acoustic version. Listening now and it sounds exactly like you'd expect, but it's also really nice to hear the songs in this context.

Whoever's doing PR on this is sleeping on the job. I guess it got lost in the shuffle of Record Store Day. Incidentally, I just learned there was also a Mars Volta RSD release (not this).

I forgot this was coming out, but tbh it's not exactly near the top of my "must check out" list and I even say that as someone who has everything else they've put out.

Ok so the new album. There's moments of greatness for sure, but my main gripes are:

Too much Cedric. The dude never stops singing the whole goddamn things. There barely any breathing space. No air. It's just a guy singing at me nonstop.

Not enough Omar. There are like no guitars on the thing. I like guitars and stuff.

Won't be returning to it very often. Last song might be my fav tho.

ok i take it back, i had no idea this acoustic version of the s/t would be jazz volta!!! it’s gorgeous