The Mars Volta - Lucro Sucio; Unfinished Business

 

The Mars Volta — Lucro Sucio: Unfinished Business 

Gatefold double LP pressed on red vinyl

The Mars Volta's new project Lucro Sucio; Unfinished Business is their first official live release since 2005's Scabdates and features an interactive, fan-voted tracklist tied to their acclaimed 2025 tour. The first single taken from the record is titled "Cue The Sun / Alba del Orate."

Far from a straightforward live recording of their most recent studio album, Lucro Sucio; Los Ojos del Vacío, this new release is a deep reinterpretation of the source material with an added twist: the band's invitation for fans to directly participate in the album-making process offering fans access to live recordings captured during their 2025 tour.

The initiative originally began with a cryptic countdown clock hosted on a standalone website. Upon its conclusion on June 9, the band unveiled an interactive digital experience featuring audio previews from multiple live recordings and a voting mechanism that allows fans to choose which specific performances make the final cut for the album. In classic Mars Volta fashion, each track is represented by a symbolic visual marker tied to the city where it was captured, a rollout that reflects the band's continued embrace of unconventional, immersive release strategies while expanding the creative universe surrounding Lucro Sucio; Los Ojos del Vacío.

1. Fin

2. Reina Tormenta / Enlazan Las Tinieblas

3. Mictlán

4. The Iron Rose

5. Cue the Sun / Alba Del Orate

6. Voice In My Knives / Poseedora De Mi Sombra

7. Celaje

8. Vociferó

9. Mito De Los Trece Cielos

10. Un Disparo Al Vacío / Detrás De La Puerta Dorada

11. Maullidos

12. Morgana/Cue the Sun (Reprise)

13. Lucro Sucio

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