The Mars Volta return with new album

The Mars Volta return! A new album, called Octahedron, will be released in the U.S. on 23rd June on Warner Bros.

The album seems to be a more restrained version of the Volta, as it’s only 49 minutes in length, with only seven songs…

The usual Volta duo Omar Rodriguez-Lopez and Cedric Bixler-Zavala are joined once again by multi-instrumentalist Marcel Rodriguez-Lopez, drummer Thomas Pridgen, keyboardist Isaiah “Ikey” Owens, bassist Juan Alderete de la Peña, and guitarist John Frusciante…

The Mars Volta plan to tour behind Octahedron but so far, only shows as part of Bonnaroo and Outside Lands have been announced.

Also, the workaholic Omar Rodriguez-Lopez will release Cryptomnesia, the debut album from his new band El Grupo Nuevo de Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, which features all the usual Volta crew plus the Hella drummer Zach Hill.

Octahedron tracklist:
01 Teflon
02 Halo of Nembutals
03 With Twilight as My Guide
04 Cotopaxi
05 Desperate Graves
06 Copernicus
07 Luciforms