The Mars Volta confirm first new album in a decade

Following the release of their new single Blacklight Shine in June, The Mars Volta have confirmed that a full-length album is on the way – and, in fact, it’s arriving next month!

The 14-song self-titled LP will drop on September 16, and, according to a press release, it ‘bravely challenges everything you thought you knew about them, delivering their most exciting, most accessible, and most sophisticated music yet’.

To coincide with the announcement, the reunited prog rock legends – guitarist/composer Omar Rodríguez-López and singer/lyricist Cedric Bixler-Zavala – have shared new single Vigil, which you can check out below now:

See the full album 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

And the artwork:

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