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The Mars Volta Reveal Fifth Studio Record

Warner Bros. has set June 23 as the release date of Octahedron, the Mars Volta's fifth proper full-length. The eight-track album features leadoff single "Since We've Been Wrong" and yet another round of riffs from Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist John Frusciante.

In semi-related news, the Mars Volta's main guitarist, Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, will unveil his other band, El Grupo Nuevo de Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, on May 5. It features the vocals of Mars Volta frontman Cedric Bixler-Zavala and the dexterous drum work of Hella's Zach Hill.

Octahedron:
1. Since We've Been Wrong
2. Teflon
3. Halo of Nembutals
4. With Twilight as My Guide
5. Cotopaxi
6. Desperate Graves
7. Copernicus
8. Luciforms

—The ARTISTdirect Staff
04.14.09