THE MARS VOLTA GO ‘POP’ ON NEW ALBUM
The Mars Volta are back, 10 years after their last record, and their new material is billed as their most accessible yet.
Released on September 16 via Clouds Hill, the self-titled album sees guitarist Omar Rodríguez-López and singer Cedric Bixler-Zavala temper the more bombastic, proggy blow-outs that made their name, focusing instead on more concise songwriting and pop flourishes.
From their 2003 debut , The Mars Volta were at the vanguard of a new breed of hip bands making ambitious, expansive concept albums embracing meandering, psychedelic passages. They may be going more pop on this, their seventh album, but the Texas group aren’t forgetting their experimental roots. The new music is still ultimately progressive, drawing on the duo’s affection for albums such as Peter Gabriel’s 1986 bestseller, .
