Legendary El Paso progressive rock outfit The Mars Volta have released a new single entitled “Graveyard Love”, their first new song in ten years. The group officially ended their decade long hiatus recently with the release of their comeback tune “Blacklight Shine”. You can listen to the band’s new music on all streaming services, and you can take a listen to “Graveyard Love” and watch its accompanying music video at the link below.
The tune blends whirring, chittering synths with hi-hat heavy drumbeats and palm-muted guitar playing, crowned by Bixler-Zavala’s signature vocal delivery. He sings: “You better walk behind me, walk behind me again” and “How many times have we burnt it all down?/ Plumes of smoke, call it graveyard love/ Walk behind me, walk these hallways again.”
The Mars Volta, whose core members are vocalist Cedric Bixler-Zavala and guitarist Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, formed the group in the early 2000s, in the wake of the dissolution of their previous band At The Drive-In, an acclaimed, influential post-hardcore outfit. The Mars Volta play a kind of progressive, psychedelic rock, having released six full-length albums between 2003 and 2012.
The Mars Volta’s debut full-length record is entitled De-Loused in the Comatorium and was released on June 24th, 2003. The album featured personnel such as Flea and John Frusciante of The Red Hot Clip Peppers and Justin Meldal-Johnson, who has worked with the likes of Nine-Inch Nails and Beck. You can listen to the record on all streaming services, and you can listen to the opening two tracks “Son et Lumiere/Inertiatic Esp” down below.
The group was dissolved by Bixler-Zavala in 2012 due to a falling out between himself and Rodriguez-Lopez. The duo rekindled their friendship in 2014, which led to further collaborations between the two, however The Mars Volta has not appeared with brand new original music until now.
The band recently announced a US tour, so for any North American fans perusing this article, you can find all information relating to that here. Presently, no UK or EU tour has been announced, however EU fans can hope that an announcement is not too far away.
