Thirty Seconds To Mars drop new single 'Walk On Water'

After months of teasing and speculation, Thirty Seconds To Mars have unleashed their mighty new single ‘Walk On Water’.

The track was written and produced by Jared Leto and recorded in LA. It's the first offering from the band’s long awaited fifth studio album, which is set for release early next year.

Jared and his brother Shannon, along with Tomo Milicevic, are currently holed up in the studio but are set to return to the UK later this year.

The song's accompanying lyric video starts with the message 'Everything you are about to see we filmed on a single day in the United States of America. July 4th, 2017'. Watch it now below:

Last week, the trio announced their intention to release 'Walk On Water' with a spoof video in which a record label executive rages about the band continuing to drip-feed information to fans. (You can see that below - it's a bit sweary).

Jared Leto said of the band's return: “After four long years, hundreds of days, thousands of hours, gazillions of seconds, we have finally managed to finish a single f---ing song. Whoever thought ‘soon’ would actually be here ‘now’”

“With the help of groundbreaking nanotechnology, chatbots and self-driving music software, we have wrangled from the depths of our cold black hearts, some semblance of a song.

“We can’t wait to get back on the road and we couldn’t be more proud to share with you the first first single off of our new album. And yes, we have been working on it for four years.

“The last time we put an album out, there were no self driving cars, no fidget spinners, President Trump was still that guy on The Apprentice and Jon Snow hadn’t even died yet. #SpoilerAlert”

In June, the band took to Twitter to tease their as-yet-untitled fifth studio album.

Thirty Seconds To Mars’ last studio album ‘Love, Lust, Faith and Dreams’ was released in May 2013.

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