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Jared Leto went on a journey through a ”magical land” while writing ‘Love Lust Faith + Dreams’.

The 30 Seconds to Mars frontman embarked on a spiritual quest around India for inspiration and it was during his trip that he wrote and recorded several tracks from their fourth album in a mobile studio, which helped make the record a ”new beginning” for the band.

He said: ”I think the first three albums are kind of a trilogy in a sense and this is a new beginning. It was an unforgettably journey through this magical land.

”It was about absorbing the culture. I met wonderful people and went off the beaten track.”

Part of this fresh start for the band – also made up of Jared’s brother Shannon and Tomo Miličević – included leaving behind the emotions captured on their last album, ‘This Is War’, and instead being more ”reflective” through their music.

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From The Huffingtonpost

While you weren’t paying attention, Jared Leto was touring the world and playing rock and roll for hundreds of thousands of rabid fans. Except he doesn’t like the word “fan,” because he finds it insulting. Thirty Seconds to Mars, the band Leto fronts, doesn’t have “fans,” they have a “family.”

“We do a lot of interviews and all these people keep asking us about you,” Leto said to the crowd at the New York stop of the Church of Mars show, an aptly titled string of dates during which the band plays in churches. “It’s great because I think a lot of bands don’t get asked about their … ‘fans’. People sort of scratch their heads and don’t really seem to get it. Which is funny, because I think all of you understand what a family is.”

To say Thirty Seconds to Mars has been overlooked isn’t quite true given the sheer size and devotion of its fanbase and as well as the band’s sales record (the group has sold well over 10 million units). Leto, who has been a celebrity since he appeared on “My So-Called Life” in the mid-’90s and starred in a number of critically acclaimed movies (“Requiem for a Dream,” “Panic Room,” “American Psycho”) while also cultivating a healthy music career. But the man who has been voted on plenty of “Most Beautiful” lists never became a music snob’s favorite artist, and as a result, the band has been ignored by the press — and the music press in particular.

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From The Independent

Film
I’ve been watching a lot of documentaries lately. I really liked Restrepo – it’s very powerful and immediate and it takes you right into the battle of the Afghanistan war in a way I hadn’t previously experienced.

Music
The soundtrack to The Last Temptation of Christ by Peter Gabriel: it’s ethereal and evocative, simple and beautiful.
Theatre

Punchdrunk’s Sleep No More was interesting because it was interactive. It normally wouldn’t be at the top of my list of things to see, but I liked that it was breaking with convention.

Books
I read a book about the history of antibiotics in the Thirties called The Demon Under the Microscope by Thomas Hager. I was battling out a cold when I happened to stumble upon it. I think so many of us take for granted the ability to get well quickly and easily.

Visual Arts
I collect art. Dan Colen’s work combines irreverence and simplicity in a way that’s both jarring and playful. Damien Hirst did the cover of our new album. I’m also a fan of Jonathan Yeo’s work.

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From The Herald Sun Australia

JARED Leto is a freak. The Thirty Seconds To Mars frontman is one of those rare humans who remembers everyone and everything.

And he meets thousands of people.

On a visit to Australia to present tracks from the band’s Love Lust Faith and Dreams, he inquired about someone’s child whose birth was due during his last tour here. He noticed my haircut.

While he was internationally famous as an actor, Leto had to start from scratch as a musician and the band has endured a turbulent trajectory to command the charts and the world’s stages.

It appears to be the frontman’s laser focus and attention to every detail from their social-media strategy to the videos – to charming media at listening sessions – that have now made them the kind of band whose new album release is regarded as an entertainment event.

After 15 years of trying to prove he wasn’t just another actor trying to sing, Leto is a rock star.

He credits their Guinness World Record for the Longest Concert Tour by a Rock Band – playing 311 concert shows in two years and four months – for finally affording him the confidence that this music caper was now his day job.

Love Lust Faith and Dreams is the sound of that confidence. Yet match fitness doesn’t necessarily lead to great songs. Ask any writer who has thrown out their life-on-the-road ode.

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