Just days after the announcement of a new Mars Volta record, Sparta, the other half of the defunct At The Drive-in, has announced their new record.
Sparta will release 'Threes' on October 10th.The first single 'Taking Back Control' will be featured in the new Madden 07 video game from EA Sports.
The album also features the backing vocals of Merry Clayton on the track 'Translations'. Merry sang with Ray Charles and is the marvelous soul sound of the Rolling Stones classic 'Gimme Shelter', which she sings with Mick Jagger.
Sparta have announced some club and festival dates leading up to the release.
They are:
Saturday, July 29, Los Angeles, Troubadour
Tuesday, August 1, Alburquerque, Launch Pad
Wednesday, August 2, Denver, Hi-Dive
Thursday, August 3, St Louis, Creepy Crawl
Sunday, August 6, Chicago, Lollapalooza
Monday, September 4, Seattle, Bumbershoot Festival
