Yes ladies and gents a new album is on the way. Not much news has been released yet, but feel free to check out there website www.themarsvolta.com album art (hopefully) attached below.

I cant wait.



Tracklisting:
1. VICARIOUS ATONEMENT
2. TETRAGRAMMATON
3. VERMICIDE
4. MECCAMPUTECHTURE
5. ASILOS MAGDALENA
6. VISCERA EYES
7. DAY OF THE BAPHOMETS
8. EL CIERVO VULNERADO

Total runtime apprx. 76mins.

Awesome. 2006 has been a hell of a musical year for me.

I hope this album is closer to Deloused than Frances. Is that just me?

Nope. Deloused was much better.

yes I agree as well, De-Loused is superior.

Hopefully, they'll get their own headlining tour this time.

agree completely.

not sure, but i will be seeing them open for RHCP quite a few times in the fall. unfortunately, IMO, their sound does not translate very well live..

Hmm, I prefer Frances.

Loved Deloused. Hated Frances. So I'm only halfway interested in this new one.

You can hear a new song on their myspace page, it sounds pretty good. I 'm more fond of Frances myself but like them both.

When Frances is at its best, it is better than De-Loused. Still, I found so much of the album meandering that I can't give it a full listen. De-Loused I can listen to straight through without a problem.

Yeah, I saw them open for A Perfect Circle in Chicago, and I thought they were pretty wretched live.

before i even started listening to them, i saw them open for RHCP several times in 2003. i hated them. then i heard deloused some time after that, and loved it. i was wondering why i didn't like them live... then i downloaded a few shows and was reminded.

When I saw them open for the Pixies, they did like 4 songs in 45 minutes. Looks like their albums are about the same. (10 minute songs, or like the concert 3, 8 minutes songs and a 20 minute song)

This album got leaked yesterday for those of you who want to sample it. Personally, I think it's fantastic. It's definitley more "Frances" than "Deloused". The songs are very ambient and u often feel lost within them searching for the verse & chorus & whatnot. Also, this thing has 3 songs that intermix Spanish & English verses. I only wish there was an underlying story like in "Frances"...although that may have yet to emerge. Those who prefer "Deloused" will definitley love track #7.

I'll still give it a listen. The "lost" feeling starseed describes is exactly what I didn't like about Frances. I'll wait for the release, though.

this is funny?

I agree too. I couldn't really ever get into Frances much, but have listened to De-Loused countless times over the past few years.

Just gave this a listen (dont ask how ) and man am i blown away. Great stuff, any sceptics who were worried becuase of Frances, give this a listen.

This will be in heavy rotation still until the album is released and further onwards im sure.

I thought it was. When we saw them, I had hear good things about them, and they said after 20 minutes, "OK, we have one more song"...I thought "That was a short set". Then they played one song that was 22 minutes long. I laughed.

Woah. I had no idea they were putting out a new album.

What are the track lengths like?

Too long.

yesterday? ive had it for a month. the cd is ok...im not a huge fan though so take my oppinion with a grain of salt.

Chino...the post you quoted was...from 2 months ago. He actually had the CD a month before you. Time stamps are the win.

How big of a role does John Frusciante have on this album?

I've read that most of the guitar work is his. If that's true then the Chili Peppers/Mars Volta concert I'm seeing next month should be interesting.