The mars volta

Citation : “One Day As A Lion is both a warning delivered and a promise kept.”

“A defiant affirmation of the possibilities that exist in the space between kick and snare. It’s a sonic reflection of the visceral tension between a picturesque fabricated cultural landscape, and the brutal socioeconomic realities it attempts to mask. One Day As A Lion is a recorded interaction between Zack de la Rocha and Jon Theodore from Los Angeles, California.”

“The name taken from the infamous 1970 black and white, captured by legendary Chicano photographer George Rodriguez featuring a center framed tag on a white wall in an unspecified section of Boyle Heights. It reads: ‘It’s better to live one day as a lion, than a thousand years as a lamb.’ This record is a stripped down attempt to realize this sentiment in sound.”

Citation : The Mars Volta recently finished up tracking their new album and are set to begin mixing it with Rich Costey (Mastodon, Weezer) in the coming weeks.

Citation : The Mars Volta have completed recording their new full-length effort. The band will beging mixing the album this week and hope to release the album in early 2009.

Citation : There is finally some new info about TMV’s fifth album. Here it is:

“– Tentatively titled “Phantom Idols”
– It’s a concept album loosely based on the mythology surrounding the life of Arachne
– Mellower album, more akin to Amputechture
– Omar says that “creatively speaking” it’s his best work, whatever that means.
– Omar has been rehearsing with Cedric exclusively using an acoustic guitar
– Recording as of then had not been finished, and Omar is keeping the band, including Cedric in the dark as to how the final product will sound
– Omar described one song on the album as a “spiritual successor” to Frances the Mute
– Due to other obligations, John Frusciante will likely not appear on this record
– Album will come out when it comes out, but likely not until around summer
– The band is currently label shopping, but negotiations are pending with an indie label called Definitive Jux
– The band is considering releasing another TBIG single on Universal to help bankroll the project, probably Ilyena”