THE MARS VOLTA – Graveyard Love (2022)

Cedric Bixler-Zavala and Omar Rodríguez-López’s return from a decade-long hiatus continues

The Mars Volta are back with another new song after a decade-long hiatus. “Graveyard Love” arrives with a new short film directed by Omar Rodríguez-López that depicts various scenes in Puerto Rico.

1897 – FREE AT LAST 1898 – EIGHT DAYS OF INDEPENDENCE 1899 – HURRICANE SAN CIRIACO 1910 – U.S. BANKS FORECLOSE ON PUERTO RICAN LAND 1917 – U.S. CITIZENSHIP 1921 – MONCHO REYES, THE IDIOT GOVERNOR 1920 – 1930 – U. S. LAND GRAB 1930 – PEDRO ALBIZU CAMPOS 1931 – PUERTO RICAN GUINEA PIGS 1930 – 1970 – MASS STERILIZATION 1934 – LOS MACHETEROS GO ON STRIKE 1934- 24-HOUR FBI SURVEILLANCE OF ALBIZU CAMPOS 1935 – RIO PIEDRAS MASSACRE 1936 – ASSASSINATION OF POLICE CHIEF RIGGS 1937 – PONCE MASSACRE 1939 – BOMBING OF CULEBRA 1941 – OCCUPATION OF VIEQUES 1948 – LAW 53 (THE GAG LAW) 1950 – UPRISINGS THROUGHOUT PUERTO RICO 1950 – JAYUYA UPRISING 1950 – UTUADO UPRISING 1950 – ATTACK ON THE GOVERNOR OF PUERTO RICO 1950 – GUNFIGHT AT THE SALÓN BORICUA 1950 – ATTACK ON PRESIDENT HARRY S. TRUMAN 1954 – ATTACK ON THE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 1965 – PEDRO ALBIZU CAMPOS DIES 1971 – CULEBRA ISLAND TAKEOVER 1976 – IRS SECTION 936 1978 – CERRO MARAVILLA 1980 – 2000 – PHARMACEUTICAL BOOM 2003 – VIEQUES BOMBING STOPS 2006 – NO MORE IRS 936 2017 – HURRICANE MARIA 2022 – STILL A COLONY

For Further Understanding: Fantasy Island: Colonialism, Exploitation, and the Betrayal of Puerto Rico by Ed Morales War Against All Puerto Ricans: Revolution and Terror in Americas Colony by Nelson A. Denis