Thirty Seconds to Mars releases new album on May 21

MANILA, Philippines - Love Lust Faith + Dreams, the new album from Thirty Seconds to Mars, will be released on May 21 by Virgin Records. Written and recorded around the world from Europe to India, to the band’s studio in California, Love Lust Faith + Dreams was produced by Jared Leto with previous collaborator Steve Lillywhite (U2, The Rolling Stones, Peter Gabriel) co-producing four of the 12 tracks. Jared says that “this is more than an evolution; it’s a brand-new beginning. Creatively, we’ve gone to an entirely new place, which is exciting, unexpected and incredibly inspiring.”

In partnership with NASA, Thirty Seconds to Mars launched the first single from the new album into space. Literally. The first copy of Up In The Air was recently carried aboard the SpaceX cargo mission to the space station. The single gets its ground-breaking premiere today from the astronauts in orbit 230 miles above Earth. Thirty Seconds to Mars will stand by at Mission Control Houston while the track is played and will do a Q&A thereafter with Tom Marshburn, one of the astronauts aboard the space station. Fans have been contributing questions for the chat, which was seen last March 19 from 12:10 to 12:25 p.m. Central Time at www.vyrt.com and http://www.nasa.gov/ntv.

 The single was premiered on radio worldwide last March 19. In the Philippines, it was premiered exclusively on Jam 88.3 “The New Music Alternative Radio Station.” The song was consistently played on the hour by the hour and was heavily hyped via Jam 88.3’s official social networking sites.

Up In The Air was made available at all digital retailers worldwide beginning at midnight of March 19. The iTunes pre-order for Love Lust Faith + Dreams was launched simultaneously. Fans who pre-order the album on iTunes will receive a download of Up In The Air.

The album cover for Love Lust Faith + Dreams was revealed last March 19 on the band’s social networks. It features Isonicotinic Acid Ethyl Ester (2010 to 2011) from internationally renowned artist Damien Hirst’s Spot Paintings series. A second Hirst work, which is from the Colour Charts series, will appear on the CD itself.

Love Lust Faith + Dreams is the band’s fourth studio record. It follows This Is War, which was hailed as “an artistic triumph” by Alternative Press, “a shimmering epic” by MTV.com, and contained the No. 1 Modern Rock radio hits This Is War and Kings and Queens. During its two-year tour in support of This Is War, the band sold out arenas around the globe, playing over 311 shows in nearly 60 countries in six continents to three million people — and breaking the Guinness World Record for the longest ever concert tour by a rock band.

Thirty Seconds to Mars, composed of Jared, Shannon Leto and Tomo Milicevic, has sold over five million albums worldwide and the band’s videos have more than 300 million views on YouTube. The group has received awards, including a dozen MTV awards worldwide, a Billboard Music award and honors from NME, Kerrang! and Fuse.

Artifact, a documentary about the band’s battle with its record label, has won the People’s Choice documentary award at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival, the Audience Award at the 2012 Gotham Independent Film Awards and it was also an official selection of the 2013 SXSW film festival.

Love Lust Faith + Dreams will soon be available in record bars nationwide under MCA Music, Inc.