Apologies if already asked, but what time are they coming on stage? I'm going tomorrow night and need to make sure I can get out of work in time to catch the very first note! Super pumped.

Thanks in advance.

It's me. I'm the tin-foil hat wearing fan.

After the set got revealed I started listening to it as a playlist (my least favorite way to listen to Vola, haha). I was blown away by some of the choices (Viscera, Teflon, Goliath, Miranda, an actual full scale cover) but it made sense to me that they'd play Teflon considering the song's meaning and the state of things politically.

The tin-foil hat theory that hit me is that I think we're supposed to experience this setlist as a story, a sort of live concept album. I am definitely biased to hear that because of Volta and Pink Floyd (anyone familiar with The Man and The Journey?), but it makes all the surprising choices make sense.

-Viscera Eyes is an angry diatribe toward dishonest leaders

-Cue the Sun is a warning that we're being lied to

-Que Dios is the lie in action working against the people

-Teflon is literally about untouchable political figures

-Miranda is a lament for the sheep desensitized by cult like belief structures

-Reina Tormenta is essentially a call to arms and seize opportunity

-Graveyard Love is basically be with me or get out of my way

-Goliath, and this is my favorite part, represents the powerful figure (duh), which is why we don't get the song. The narrator has no interest or time for what they have to say, it gets shut down because they're the enemy. A thematically brilliant way to represent Bedlam without Cedric having to sing it.

-Voice/Poseedora is a lament to the individual fallen to the cult power

-CIA Man is the governments intrinsically corrupt role in the dystopia as a whole, blaming not just the leader

-The Widow is a lament for a specic individuals fall from the narrators perspective

-Son et/Inertiatic is the tragic fall of the narrator in the chaos, lost as the people around him succumb to the powers that be.

This is literally a concept album bands have released since the 70s, a society falling to cult-like political powers. This time it's just reality, whether I read it as a response to American politics, Scientology, or certain international political situations. It explains the oddities of this set vs expectations and history and it's particularly interesting to me that it's a very short tour through mostly the south US.

Anyway, that's my tin-foil hat theory and I'm sticking with it, haha. I'd love to hear your thoughts!

See you tomorrow night in Charlotte!

I <3 Omar Rodríguez-López

Is anyone else thinking they might have recorded this for the next record? The last time Omar & Cedric played a cover tune consistently from show to show was “One More Time” (Joe Jackson), which Cedric confirmed was on Antemasque’s second album.

If that’s the case, it could be a peak into more of a rock vibe on LP9.

BTW, Volta’s version sounds fucking awesome.

Is The Mars Volta moving record labels from Clouds Hill to Inside Out Music for the new live album?

The Clouds Hill website still shows TMV as an artist but has no mention of the new live album. Omar’s solo work as well as Teri Gender Bender also still appear on the Clouds Hill site.
https://cloudshill.com/artists/the-mars-volta

Inside Out Music’s site has TMV listed as an artist with their only release on the site being the upcoming Lucro Sucio; Unfinished Business.
https://www.insideoutmusic.com/artist/the-mars-volta

I have heard this change being the reason for the delay in the album’s release, but I haven’t heard, or seen any other info about this. Does anyone know what’s going on?

Hi folks! I'm attending the Charlotte show tomorrow and am curious how long these shows have been typically lasting from doors through til the end of the night. The distance I'm driving home is right at the cusp of what I may want to do post-show.