The Mars Volta seem like sick of the usual album launch plan, with the group lastly confirming their new album after weeks of hypothesis.
Vocalist Cedric Bixler-Zavala confirmed the existence of the brand new album by way of his Instagram Tales this week, sharing a pre-order hyperlink to a report titled Lucro Sucio; Los Ojos del Vacío. No different announcement from the band – be it a bigger social media publish or a press launch – has talked about the report, although it’s at the moment accessible for pre-order by way of on-line retailers akin to Amazon. These retailers checklist an official launch date of April 11.
“The Mars Volta’s ninth studio album represents a big milestone for the band, which has been regularly reinventing itself for greater than 20 years,” an internet description for the report reads. “With Lucro Sucio; Los Ojos del Vacio, they ship an album that celebrates their roots, permitting them to reconnect with their origins. Followers are invited to embark on a musical journey.”
The album’s rollout plan has been a wierd one, maybe in response to the truth that each information of the album and its content material had leaked prematurely in late January. Whereas The Mars Volta had not acknowledged the leak publicly, they launched a U.S. tour in help of Deftones on Feb. 25, the place they’ve since been performing Lucro Sucio; Los Ojos del Vacío in its near-entirety.
On March 2, a Reddit person took to The Mars Volta subreddit to share an unverified story wherein they claimed to have delivered meals to Bixler-Zavala whereas the band had been in Oregon, solely to be handed the singer’s private copy of the album. The person shared a handful of pictures to help their declare, including additional hypothesis amongst followers as to when the album can be formally launched.
The Mars Volta was fashioned by Bixler-Zavala and guitarist Omar Rodríguez-López following the breakup of their earlier band On the Drive-In. Debut album De-Loused within the Comatorium was launched in 2003, whereas 2005’s Frances the Mute would see the band attain No. 4 on the Billboard 200. They’d launch a complete of six albums throughout their preliminary run, with 2012’s Noctourniquet previous their break up the next yr.
Whereas Bixler-Zavala and Rodríguez-López would later carry out once more in Antemasque and a reunited On the Drive-In, The Mars Volta wouldn’t be thought-about lively once more till 2019. They returned to releasing music in 2022 with a self-titled report, and an acoustic re-recording of the album the next yr titled Que Dios Te Maldiga Mi Corazón.
