The Mars Volta debut new songs, play stacks of classics at first present in over 10 years

On Thursday evening (September 22), The Mars Volta performed their first stay present in over 10 years, treating followers of their dwelling state of Texas to a stacked showcase of recent songs, classics and rarities – together with the first-ever efficiency of their 2006 observe ‘Vicarious Atonement’.

The latter music opened the set – which The Mars Volta carried out on the 4,300-capacity Manufacturing facility in Deep Ellum – setting the scene for Omar Rodríguez-López and Cedric Bixler-Zavala to ship the primary performances of ‘Roulette Dares’ and ‘Eriatarka’ (each from their 2003 debut as The Mars Volta, ‘De-Loused In The Comatorium’) since 2010.

They adopted these up with the primary of two songs showcased from their self-titled comeback album, ‘Graveyard Love’, earlier than throwing again to 2005’s ‘Frances The Mute’ with ‘L’By way of L’Viaquez’ – additionally performed stay for the primary time since 2010.

Different rarities included ‘Drunkship Of Lanterns’ and ‘Viscera Eyes’ (the previous being one other ‘Comatorium’ reduce whereas the latter, like ‘Vicarious Atonement’, got here from 2006’s ‘Amputechture’) – each of which hadn’t been performed since 2009 – in addition to the primary efficiency of ‘Comatorium’ standout ‘Televators’ since 2007. Earlier than The Mars Volta performed the latter, they premiered the set’s solely different self-titled music, ‘Blacklight Shine’.

Take a look at fan-shot footage from the present, then see the complete setlist (by way of setlist.fm) under:

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The Mars Volta performed:

1. ‘Vicarious Atonement’
2. ’Roulette Dares (The Hang-out Of)’
3. ’Eriatarka’
4. ’Graveyard Love’
5. ’L’By way of L’Viaquez’
6. ’Empty Vessels Make The Loudest Sound
7. ’Cygnus….Vismund Cygnus’
8. ’Drunkship Of Lanterns’
9. ’Viscera Eyes’
10. ’The Widow’
11. ’Cicatriz ESP’
12. ’Blacklight Shine’
13. ’Televators’
14. ’Son Et Lumiere’
15. ’Inertiatic ESP’

The Mars Volta returned with their self-titled seventh album – their first to observe 2012’s ‘Noctourniquet’ – earlier this month. Launched by way of Clouds Hill, the album additionally featured the only ‘Vigil’. In a five-star evaluate of it, NME’s Andy Worth wrote: “This isn’t only a placing return for one of the crucial particular person bands of the final 20 years; it's, musically, an astounding masterpiece. Their best hour? Fairly presumably.”

The band initially launched six albums between 2003 and 2012, earlier than splitting when Bixler-Zavala and Rodríguez-López had a private falling out. Nevertheless, the pair made amends and shaped a brand new group, Antemasque. Additionally they revamped their pre-Mars Volta outfit, At The Drive-In, for a brand new document in 2017.

A Mars Volta reunion had been hinted at by the band a number of occasions in recent times – like in 2019, when Bixler-Zavala successfully confirmed it by casually telling a fan on-line that “it’s taking place”.