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Muse - The Resistance
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In line with Muse's strategy of parceling out bits of 'The Resistance' in tantalising, bite-size chunks - they initially delivered only 30 seconds of 'Uprising' to Zane Lowe's Radio 1 show - the whole album is now streaming at Muse.mu, but you can only hear the intros of each song. Still, it gives a flavour of the album beyond the two tracks that have surfaced already. First impressions? Let us know what you think....full text |
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Grand, accomplished and utterly insane, without a hint of shame. What's it all about? The fifth album by Muse, The Resistance was recorded in northern Italy over the last year and produced by the band themselves with mixing from Mike 'Spike' Stent. Their first album since the Mercury-nominated Black Holes and Revelations (2006), The Resistance sees the three-piece offering up their most spectacular work yet, with a variety of international and classical influences and the inclusion of the three-part Exogenesis symphony, a long-time project for frontman Matt Bellamy. Who's it by? Formed in Teignmouth, Devon, in 1994, Brit winners Muse comprise of Matt Bellamy (vocals), Chris Wolstenholme (bass) and Dominic Howard (drums). With two Brits, six NME awards and four Kerrang! prizes under their belts, as well as two historic sell-out shows at the newly rebuilt Wembley Stadium, The Resistance sees the trio returning after a year-long break from the stage and a European, US and UK tour on the horizon as they look to regain the crown of best live band in the world....full text |
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Does Muse seem as relevant as ever? In a year that marks the 60th anniversary of Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four while pregnant with reinvigorated conspiracy theories, books on paranoia and worries about Google surveillance, you’d think so, wouldn’t you? Alas, their latest album doesn’t rise to the occasion. The Devonshire threesome are best known for setting their anarcho-paranoiac thrills alight with sonic extravaganzas that beg to soundtrack a version of We Will Rock You if it were modeled on War of the Worlds and starred Winston Smith as protagonist. The wonder is why so many critics likened Muse to Radiohead rather than to Queen. Indeed, the group is to progressive rock what Green Day is to punk: a self-aware caricature of that genre based on their indulging in undying schoolboy fascinations with OTT (over-the-top) sounds, OTT ideas and OTT arenas. Yet unlike Green Day, no band has had the audacity or skill to copy them. In fact, with listeners allergic to purchasing music but never to seeing their fave rockers on stage, Muse are with the enviable distinction of being this decade’s most outrageous stadium-fillers. If it weren’t for those pesky health and safety regulations, the band’s frontman Matthew Bellamy would have had acrobats hanging off helicopters at their (double sell-out) Wembley gig in 2007....full text |
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Does Muse seem as relevant as ever? In a year that marks the 60th anniversary of Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four while pregnant with reinvigorated conspiracy theories, books on paranoia and worries about Google surveillance, you’d think so, wouldn’t you? Alas, their latest album doesn’t rise to the occasion. The Devonshire threesome are best known for setting their anarcho-paranoiac thrills alight with sonic extravaganzas that beg to soundtrack a version of We Will Rock You if it were modeled on War of the Worlds and starred Winston Smith as protagonist. The wonder is why so many critics likened Muse to Radiohead rather than to Queen. Indeed, the group is to progressive rock what Green Day is to punk: a self-aware caricature of that genre based on their indulging in undying schoolboy fascinations with OTT (over-the-top) sounds, OTT ideas and OTT arenas. Yet unlike Green Day, no band has had the audacity or skill to copy them. In fact, with listeners allergic to purchasing music but never to seeing their fave rockers on stage, Muse are with the enviable distinction of being this decade’s most outrageous stadium-fillers. If it weren’t for those pesky health and safety regulations, the band’s frontman Matthew Bellamy would have had acrobats hanging off helicopters at their (double sell-out) Wembley gig in 2007....full text |
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