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Watch: The Mars Volta Present Track-By-Track Guide To ‘Noctourniquet’
Watch an eleven minute clip which sees Cedric-Bixler Zavala talk at length about their latest effort.

The Mars Volta have unveiled a track-by-track video guide to their latest album ‘Noctourniquet’.
You can watch frontman Cedric-Bixler Zavala talk at length about their latest effort, giving us a real insight into the band’s sixth album, in this eleven minute clip.
Their sixth album was released back on the 26th March, and is the follow-up to 2009’s ‘Octahedron’. You can read our 9/10 review for it right here.
The tracklisting for ‘Noctouriquet’ is as follows.
1. The Whip Hand
2. Aegis
3. Dyslexicon
4. Empty Vessels Make The Loudest Sound
5. The Malkin Jewel
6. Lapochka
7. In Absentia
8. Imago
9. Molochwalker
10. Trinkets Pale Of Moon
11. Vedamalady
12. Noctouriquet
13. Zed And Two Naughts
‘Noctouriquet’ was released as Cedric Bixler-Zavala and Omar Rodríguez-López gear up for the reunion of At The Drive-In, which sees the band make a series of worldwide festival appearances, including their recently announced spot on the Reading and Leeds line-up.
Records, etc at

The Mars Volta - Lucro Sucio; Los Ojos Del Vacio
The Mars Volta - Frances The Mute And The Widow (Live)
The Mars Volta - The Mars Volta
The Mars Volta - Omar And Cedric: If This Ever Gets Weird
The Mars Volta - The Bedlam In Goliath
The Mars Volta - Que Dios Te Maldiga Mi Corazon
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