The Mars Volta say they don’t seem to be afraid of “shedding followers” with new model

The Mars Volta have mentioned that they’re not afraid of “shedding followers” because of the new route they’ve taken on their latest comeback tracks.

The Texas-formed band – comprising Cedric Bixler-Zavala and Omar Rodríguez-López – returned in June with their first new tune in 10 years, ‘Blacklight Shine’. They adopted it up with ‘Graveyard Love’ final month, and have since introduced a self-titled seventh album whereas sharing ‘Vigil’.

Throughout a brand new interview with The Guardian, The Mars Volta spoke about how they’ve adopted a extra pop-orientated sound this time round, in comparison with the heavier model of their earlier work.

“I’m not sure by style,” mentioned Rodríguez-López. “The one factor that issues is that if music makes you are feeling one thing.”

Bixler-Zavala, in the meantime, mentioned that he’s seen some unfavourable on-line reactions to the group’s latest materials. “Some folks would possibly see [the shift in direction] as betrayal,” he defined. “I’ve seen some folks name it yacht rock. However yacht rock slaps so exhausting that hip-hop producers pattern it on a regular basis.”

His bandmate added: “Dropping ‘followers’ is baked into what we do. I don’t know a higher happiness than shedding ‘followers’. A real fan is somebody curious about what’s taking place now, after which there’s everybody else making an attempt to manage what you do or mission on to it.

“I've an aversion to that. That appears like faculty. That appears like the federal government. That sounds just like the police. And sadly that’s what lots of people who assume they’re followers find yourself considering like.”

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Later, Bixler-Zavala defined: “Probably the most revolutionary factor we might do could be to make a pop report, actually.”

The Mars Volta are set to drop their long-awaited new report on September 16 by way of Cloud Hill. Shortly afterwards, they’ll head out on a US headline tour – you possibly can buy any remaining tickets here.

The band launched six studio albums between 2003 and 2012, earlier than breaking apart on account of a falling out between founding members Bixler-Zavala and Rodríguez-López.

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 new report again in 2017.

A Mars Volta reunion had been hinted at by the band’s members on quite a few events lately.