The Mars Volta announce new album, release “Vigil”

Following the release of two new singles: “Blacklight Shine” and “Graveyard Love,” proggy rockers The Mars Volta have posted a new tune by the name of “Vigil,” which you can check out below in official music video form. “And the obits wait for a perfect name,” says Cedric Bixler-Zavala of the new video single.

The aforementioned singles appear on The Mars Volta’s just-announced seventh full-length album titled ‘The Mars Volta,’ which releases on September 16th, 2022 (pre-order). “The new album bravely challenges everything you thought you knew about them, delivering their most exciting, most accessible, and most sophisticated music yet,” says today’s LP reveal announcement. See the cover art and track listing after the new song below.

Here’s more on the upcoming release via a presser, “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.”

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‘The Mars Volta’ track listing:
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 live 2022:
September 22 – The Factory in Deep Ellum – Dallas, TX [TIX]
September 23 – The Factory in Deep Ellum – Dallas, TX [TIX]
September 25 – Tabernacle – Atlanta, GA [TIX]
September 27 – The Metropolitan Opera House – Philadelphia, PA [TIX]
September 29 – Terminal 5 – New York, NY [TIX]
September 30 – Terminal 5 – New York, NY [TIX]
October 1 – MGM Music Hall at Fenway – Boston, MA [TIX]
October 3 – The Anthem – Washington, DC [TIX]
October 5 – Massey Hall – Toronto, ON [TIX]
October 6 – Royal Oak Music Theatre – Detroit, MI [TIX]
October 8 – Aragon Ballroom – Chicago, IL [TIX]
October 11 – The Mission Ballroom – Denver, CO [TIX]
October 14 – Moore Theatre – Seattle, WA [TIX]
October 15 – Moore Theatre – Seattle, WA [TIX]
October 18 – The Warfield – San Francisco, CA [TIX]
October 19 – The Warfield – San Francisco, CA [TIX]
October 21 – Hollywood Palladium – Los Angeles, CA [TIX]
October 22 – Hollywood Palladium – Los Angeles, CA [TIX]
October 23 – Hollywood Palladium – Los Angeles, CA [TIX]

Artist photo by Fat Bob