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Of course, Omar Rodrigo Lopez and Cedric Bixler-Zavala disbanded The Mars Volta back in 2013, following 2012's then-final album Noctourniquet. But in summer 2019, Cedric confirmed that the pair would reunite for not just a run-through of their classic material, but plenty of new stuff for fans.
“What it’s not going to be is your ‘fav member lineup’ playing their ‘classic records’ in full etc. Maybe we’ll play old shit, who knows how we feel,” he posted on Twitter.
“Just remember our past campaigns never relied on playing requests or going fully backwards… it’s new shit, new people, left turns, tangent inconsistencies, mazapan dreams and churro wishes. I will say this though, when ORL played me a grip of new shit I fucking cried. Like Claire Daines in Romeo & Juliet cried. Yeah it was fucking weird. It’s in its infancy right now. No deadlines, no ball tripping, no drama, just 2 grown ass men using essential oils and bold new perfumes shooting ideas and scooting their ass across the fucking lawn trying to get rid of these worms.”
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