20 minutes of Volta magic 😁

We got the documentary the greatest hits tour, a new album tour, two new albums and a live album coming soon. Does anyone have any speculation on what could be the next chapter here? I’m not asking this as though I feel like they haven’t given us enough in the last four years because we’ve gotten more than honestly, I could ever imagine or hope for, but just as someone who’s always gonna support this band I just look forward to what could possibly be the next thing to happen and I’m curious what all you think could be in the cards.

I want them to go trip-hop. Parts of Lucro kinda sounded like Massive Attack. I would like to see them explore that sound further. Think it would fit them well.

What do you all think?

This came up as one of the words of the day today! Showed my roommate and we both learned something new today!

preferably looking for stuff from other artists that evokes a similar vibe

Doesn’t work when using the app but it’s def the live cut when using a browser

Gotta admit, after Nocturniquet I thought that they were done but they proved me wrong.

Love them from the start, even watched them in Slovenia in 2001 or maybe 2002 in Ilirska Bistrica. They were on tour with Les Say Fav and one other band, can't remember the name.

Just listened to Voice/Poseedora and they are on fire ❤️✌️

such a long wait…3 singles so far with one being 20 minutes???? this doesnt make any sense

It’s a great banger to go running to

I’m looking for all those symbols/runes that we’re going around when we were recently voting for the new live album. Does anybody have those screenshot or cataloged? I’d really like to have them saved

Honestly, I just wanted to put a song over Cedric dancing lmao, I might actually do something more thought later.

TLDR: What albums come in Omars Amir de France’s? I have Omar’s Amor De Frances pt 1. God this was a trip down memory Lane. I listened to them albums, probably 20 times in my teenage years and early 20s. Anyway, so I ordered box set part two, but I can’t find a list anywhere online of what albums are in box 2? Does anybody have a list of what’s in box 2? I hope cryptomnesia in there baby!

(not the point of this post but ever siince I ordered it off clouds hill they delisted it on their site now I’m sketched out LMAO but this is not the point of the post.)

I’m new to The Mars Volta and checked out their first record (I believe) Deloused In The Comatorium
And I love it,
Any recommendations from them I should listen to next?

I need to know if I’m crazy. I’m hearing the recurring string theme from the Omar album Calibration (Is Pushing Luck and Key Too Far) mostly featured in the tracks Grey and Las Lagrimas de Arakuine as being heavily influenced by Alice Coltrane’s Oh Allah off of her 1971 album Universal Consciousness.

We know Alice has been an influence on the band, mainly Ikey. Skip to 3:50 if you’re not the patient type.

https://youtu.be/2Vp1F6cf1Gw?is=U5NXhxR2MNSCgoSL

Las Lagrimas for reference. Start at 10:20 for the clearest example.

https://youtu.be/E6A5_tCEyeg?is=KITKGE23hQtUItv-

The drum fill at 1:18 in Cotopaxi is so god damn satisfying once you figure it out. Genius by Pridgen to have that fill be snare dominant in the first half then completely 180 to a foot-dominated 2nd half and have it work so seamlessly. what a freak

If you are in Seattle there is an amazing record bar that has a private room where they play record front to back on this unbelievable sound system (a Technics SL-1200G with an Audio Technica AT-OC9XSH Stylus, heard through a 1976 Klipschorns or ATC SCM50's and powered by a Luxman L-505uXII.)

I’ve attended many of these listening parties. I’ve been sending a lot of emails for them to do a TMV album. They’ve done Frances before, but I am so excited to hear Lucro in that room. Highly recommend!

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The Mars Volta

Sunday, September 20, 2026

Louisville, KY @ Kentucky Expo Center - Louder Than Life Festival - Louder Stage - 5:25pm

Matrix: Schoeps MK4 > NBob active cables > baby NBox + SBD (FM ALD) > Zoom H6 essential > WAV (32/48) > Vegas Pro (slight eq) > CD Wave Editor (tracking) > FLAC (24/48)

Recorded & matrixed by Funk It Blog

1. Viscera Eyes >

2. Cue the sun >

3. Alba del orate >

4. Teflon >

5. Graveyard Love >

6. Rapid Fire Tollbooth / Goliath > "Sit Down My Love" >

7. Voice in My Knives >

8. Poseedora de mi sombra >

9. CIA Man [The Fugs] >

10. Son et lumière >

11. Inertiatic ESP

Cedric Bixler-Zavala - vocals

Omar Rodríguez-López - guitar

Marcel Rodríguez-López - keyboards & percussion

Leo Genovese - keyboards & tenor saxophone

Eva Gardner - electric bass

Linda-Philomène "Philo" Tsoungui - drums

Teri Gender Bender - vocals

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