By Rebecca Brando x The Big Magazine
Que Dios Te Maldiga Mi Corazon’ A Week Early via www.voltacube.com
March 31, 2023 – The Mars Volta has released an acoustic version of their latest single “Palm Full Of Crux”, from the band's upcoming seventh album, ‘Que Dios Te Maldiga Mi Corazon’. The full album will be released on April 21, 2023 via Clouds Hill.
The song follows “Blank Condolences (Acoustic)”, which was released earlier this month with the announcement of the upcoming album.
The official music video here:
Much more than a simple “un- plugged” version of ‘The Mars Volta’ - the bands self-titled seventh album and return as a band - this acoustic rendition furthers the mission of the source music, which drew into sharper focus the traditional Latin influences that have always inspired Omar Rodríguez-López and Cedric Bixler-Zavala.
This is, says Rodríguez- López, The Mars Volta’s version of a “folk record”, tracing the melodies and rhythms of the parent album back to their traditional Caribbean roots and challenging listeners to hear the group in an entirely new light. The upcoming new album isn’t simply more content, but a bold, radical, political album, and one that recontextualizes the music of the group’s powerful last album within the lineage of the Latin and Caribbean sounds that Rodríguez- López has been mining his entire career, only many ears couldn’t hear past the distorted guitars to know what was going on.
The songs are re-orchestrated and set to the traditional Caribbean rhythms that Rodríguez-López grew up on. Here, “Black Condolences” becomes an object lesson in this music, segueing be- tween three different traditional rhythms across its three-and-a-half minutes.
‘Que Dios Te Maldiga Mi Corazon’ track listing
Blacklight Shine (Acoustic)
Graveyard Love (Acoustic)
Shore Story (Acoustic)
Vigil (Acoustic)
Que Dios Te Maldiga Mi Corazon (Acoustic)
Cerulea (Acoustic)
Flash Burns From Flashbacks (Acoustic)
Palm Full Of Crux (Acoustic)
No Case Gain (Acoustic)
Tourmaline (Acoustic)
Equus 3 (Acoustic)
Collapsible Shoulders (Acoustic)
The Requisition (Acoustic)
For Rodríguez-López, ‘Que Dios Te Maldiga Mi Corazon’ is a long-held dream, finally coming true. “I realized I could finally make a record like this now, I just had to make it happen,” he says. “That was the experiment. And it was super-fun. I feel like The Mars Volta is finally beginning – that’s why the last album was self- titled, because we’ve finally stripped everything away and arrived at what the whole concept was at the beginning. And this acoustic version comes from a profound place, with its own meaning and philosophy, and its own reason for be- ing.” The Mars Volta recently announced a string of upcoming headline tour dates that will take place this May and include performances at Shaky Knees Festival in Atlanta, Welcome To Rockville Festival in Daytona, FL and a show supporting Red Hot Chili Peppers in San Diego, CA. Tickets on sale now at www.themarsvoltaofficial.com The Mars Volta – Upcoming headline tour dates May 5 - The Masquerade - Atlanta, GA (Shaky Knees pre-show) May 6 - Shaky Knees Festival – Atlanta, GA May 9 – The Criterion – Oklahoma City, OK May 10 – Revel - Albuquerque, NM May 12 – Snapdragon Stadium - San Diego, CA w/ Red Hot Chili Peppers, Thundercat May 13 – Marquee Theatre - Tempe, AZ May 14 – Abraham Chavez Theatre - El Paso, TX May 16 – Tech Port Center & Arena – San Antonio, TX May 18 – Orpheum Theatre - New Orleans, LA May 19 – 713 Music Hall - Houston, TX May 21 – Welcome To Rockville Festival – Daytona Beach, FL
Fans will be able to hear the new album a week early via an exclusive pre-listening event will take place April 15 at 4pm ET through The Mars Volta web experience at www.voltacube.com.
‘Que Dios Te Maldiga Mi Corazon’ is out April 21, 2023 via Clouds Hill Pre-order it here: https://gtly.to/ghq-H4_iz
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