Octahedron is the fifth full-length studio album by American progressive rock band the Mars Volta, released on June 23, 2009. The album was released by Warner Bros. Records in North America and Mercury Records worldwide. It is the last studio album to feature drummer Thomas Pridgen and guitarist John Frusciante, and the first not to feature contributions from keyboardist Isaiah "Ikey" Owens and multi-instrumentalist Adrián Terrazas-González.

 

Regarding the release, vocalist Cedric Bixler-Zavala states that the band "wanted to make the opposite of all the records we've done. All along we've threatened people that we'd make a pop record, and now we have."

 

Tracklist:

LP 1:

01. Since We've Been Wrong

02. Teflon

03. Halo Of Nembutals

04. With Twilight As My Guide

 

LP 2:

01. Cotopaxi

02. Desperate Graves

03. Copernicus

04. Luciforms