"Inertiatic ESP" is the second song on The Mars Volta

The Mars Volta

The Mars Volta is a Grammy award winning American progressive rock band from El Paso, Texas. Founded in 2001 by guitarist Omar Rodríguez-López and vocalist Cedric Bixler-Zavala, the band incorporates various influences including progressive rock, krautrock, jazz fusion, Latin American music, and...

 album, De-Loused in the Comatorium

De-Loused in the Comatorium

De-Loused in the Comatorium is the debut studio album of the progressive rock band The Mars Volta. Released on June 24, 2003 on Gold Standard Laboratories and Universal Records, De-loused is based on a short story written by lead singer Cedric Bixler-Zavala and sound manipulation artist Jeremy...

, released in 2003. "Inertiatic" in the title refers to the physical state of inertia

Inertia

Inertia is the resistance of any physical object to a change in its state of motion or rest, or the tendency of an object to resist any change in its motion. It is proportional to an object's mass. The principle of inertia is one of the fundamental principles of classical physics which are used to...

. The ESP is a phrase created by the band itself, short for Ectopic Shapeshifting Penance-propulsion.

Music video

The music video for the single begins with the album's intro "Son et Lumiere" and then leads into the main song. It features footage of the band performing live.

Track listing

1. "Inertiatic ESP" - 6:06
2. "Roulette Dares (The Haunt Of)" [Live XFM Session] - 9:31

10" Single (Deep Blue Vinyl)

1. "Inertiatic ESP" (Radio Edit) - 4:28
2. "Drunkship of Lanterns" [Live XFM Session] - 9:37