Cell Phone Bikini

Cell Phone Bikini is the thirty-third studio album by Omar Rodríguez-López as a solo artist, released on 7 October 2016. It is his seventh release in the 12 album series initiated by Ipecac Recordings.[1]

"Truth Binds Us" was uploaded in advance as the album's single.

Contents
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 * 1Background
 * 2Track listing
 * 3Personnel
 * 3.1Production
 * 4Release history
 * 5References

Background[edit]
Unlike the previous 6 albums in the series, Cell Phone Bikini has Teri Gender Bender providing all the lead vocals and lyrics.

"Truth Binds Us" originates from the instrumental Mars Volta demo recorded around 2008, which first surfaced among tracks leaked in August 2013. It is reworked here with Deantoni Parks on drums.

Tracks 1-2 and 7-8 (and their titles) form two single songs, "Childless Mothers Holding Hell" and "Wolf Kisses are Fishes".

Track listing[edit]
All music written by Omar Rodríguez-López. All lyrics and vocal melodies written by Teri Gender Bender.
 * 1) "Childless Mothers" – 1:59
 * 2) "Holding Hell" – 2:25
 * 3) "Amarillo" – 5:30
 * 4) "Sell Myself in" – 2:50
 * 5) "To My Fallen Head, I'm a Piece of Paper" – 4:29
 * 6) "Truth Binds Us" – 3:59
 * 7) "Wolf" – 2:45
 * 8) "Kisses are Fishes" – 3:16
 * 9) "Suerte y Aire" – 5:18

Personnel[edit]

 * Teri Gender Bender – vocals, lyrics
 * Omar Rodríguez-López – guitars, synths, bass (3, 4, 5, 7, 8), synth bass (6)
 * Deantoni Parks – drums

Production[edit]

 * Jon Debaun – recording
 * Shawn Sullivan – recording
 * Lars Stalfors – recording
 * Chris Common – mixing, mastering, recording