After weeks of cryptic site updates and live track voting, the band adds another interactive layer—three alternate covers, with voters given the chance to have their names printed in the credits.
The Mars Volta continues to build a participatory release around the still-unnamed deluxe extension of Lucro Sucio: Los Ojos del Vacio. On June 19, fans will be invited to vote on three alternate cover designs, with the winning artwork set to grace the physical edition. Those who take part can also have their names printed in the album credits.
The vote arrives as the latest phase in an unfolding mystery that began on June 8 with a cryptic countdown site. Since then, the band has let listeners hear and rank live recordings from 2025 performances of Lucro Sucio material—tracks identified only by symbols, not cities, shifting attention toward the music itself.
The process underscores the group’s recent re-engagement with the public. After a decade-long silence, The Mars Volta returned in 2022 with a self-titled album, followed by an acoustic reinterpretation last year. In February, they debuted the new songs while opening for Deftones in arenas, weeks ahead of Lucro Sucio’s April 11 release. The band will play eight southern U.S. dates this September, including a stop at Louisville’s Louder Than Life festival.
Rather than a conventional album roll-out, the project has become a serialized invitation. The deliberate opacity—no title, no tracklist, no date—works less like a tease than a curatorial exercise, trusting its audience to engage without being told why.
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