After a strange and messy rollout for their latest album Lucro Sucio; Los Ojos Del Vacio, The Mars Volta have quietly returned to the studio to begin work on their tenth full-length.

Producer Sylvia Massy (Tool, System Of A Down) posted yesterday, November 26th, that core members Omar Rodríguez-López and Cedric Bixler-Zavala spent time in the studio with her this week. She also noted that they brought along their go-to engineer Jon DeBaun.

The band hasn’t offered any details yet on what this next record will look like—hopefully a smoother process than their last album, which leaked early and ultimately landed with minimal fanfare.

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