Omar Rodríguez-López to release "Xenophanes"

Prolific musician Omar Rodríguez-López has announced plans to release his next solo album. Titled Xenophanes, the record is due out November 10, 2009. In 2009 alone, Rodríguez-López released albums with The Mars Volta, as El Grupo Nuevo de Omar Rodriguez Lopez, and under his own name. A total of eight releases in 2009.

For this release, Omar took the helm vocally and lyrically, as well as musically and sang entirely in Spanish. The album features frequent collaborators, bassist Juan Alderete de la Peña, drummer Thomas Pridgen and keyboardist/percussionist Marcel Rodriguez Lopez. Additionally, the album includes contributions from Mark Aanderud (additional keyboards), as well as the voice of Ximena Sariñana.

Check out some more about the record on the MySpace page.