The Mars Volta Reportedly Tease New Music Via Art Installation

UPDATE (June 21, 2022): The Mars Volta have made good on their art-in-the-park preview and issued their first song in 10 years, "Blacklight Shine." Listen here. Read the initial report about the art installation below.

The Mars Volta are publicly airing new material, according to NME. The once-disbanded progressive rockers have set up a surprise audio-visual art installation in Los Angeles' Grand Park.

Nicknamed "Voltacube," it plays previously unheard audio. The band calls it L'YTOME HODORXÍ TELESTERIO. Fans in L.A. can visit through Tuesday (June 21) at Olive Court in the park at the city's civic center.

The Mars Volta, led by former At the Drive-In members Cedric Bixler-Zavala and Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, last released music in 2012 but split soon after. Three years ago, singer Bixler-Zavala all but confirmed a comeback on social media, saying, "It's happening."

In since-deleted tweets, the vocalist added of a Mars Volta reunion, "What it's NOT going to be is your 'fav member lineup' playing their 'classic records' in full etc. Maybe we'll play old shit, who knows how we feel. … It's new shit, new people, left turns, tangent inconsistencies, mazapan dreams and churro wishes."

Bixler-Zavala and Rodriguez-Lopez formed The Mars Volta after At the Drive-In broke up in 2001. At the Drive-In bandmate Jim Ward formed Sparta. At the Drive-In briefly reunited in 2011 and 2016. The Mars Volta duo moonlighted as garage rockers Antemasque in 2014.

Below, see the tweets with the location and dates for the installation. Spotify users will notice Mars Volta background art on the app also shows the coordinates.

The Mars Volta Tweets – June 2022

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