Omar Rodríguez-López:
I realized I could finally make a record like this now, I just had to make it happen. That was the experiment. And it was super fun. I feel like The Mars Volta is finally beginning – that’s why the last album was self-titled, because we’ve finally stripped everything away and arrived at what the whole concept was at the beginning. And this acoustic version comes from a profound place, with its own meaning and philosophy, and its own reason for being.
—via Press Release
Yes, Apple Music features animated artwork for this release.