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  1. static shadows
    Utterly tied between SMBH and MotP. And as no one else had voted for SMBH, I went for that!
  2. static shadows
    I was torn between Stockholm Syndrome and Fury. With Hysteria, Small Print and Sing For Absolution not far behind.
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    I know. Starlight is pretty bad. Wait until he hears Soaked. Or Explorers. Poor Jon.
  4. static shadows
    Not quite! I did imply that I might end up liking it more than Starlight. But hearing it in full quality has definitely helped me like it that bit more. I like the lively production on it. Gives it that bit of extra energy.
  5. static shadows
    Having now heard it in full quality, it's my favourite of the three songs releases so far. Yeah, it's not amazing. But it's pretty fun and upbeat with a good vocal melody and has a bit of a distorted kick and crunch to it. Feels like a good, silly and triumphant summer song. Definitely warming to this one!
  6. static shadows
    Now that is a bit naive. You don't just forget how your own songs sound! Especially when playing them every night for years while on tour.
  7. static shadows
    Yes. Pretty much. In the same way he went into the Resistance sessions and said "I have no ideas so let me just take the skeleton of New Born and make a new track out of it", coming up with Unnatural Selection. Again, it doesn't make them the exactly same track but one was very clearly based on the other. At least Mercy is as good or perhaps even better than Starlight. Unnatural Selection fell painfully short.
  8. static shadows
    Come on! To manage to not recognise the similarities to one of their biggest singles requires a far bigger leap! The Keane-esque tinkling piano in the intro/verse paired with the low, rumbling distorted bass line, building into a pre-chorus where distorted guitar chords suddenly crash in with spiralling synth arpeggios... That is very Starlight. Not just a little. Most people are going to hear that and think 'it sounds like Starlight there'. Of course it's not identical, especially in terms of vocal melody and the very different chorus. It is a different song and not a note for note rip-off. But it is undeniably very much built on a Starlight template. Especially in those verses.
  9. static shadows
    But it does contain the old favourite, 'soul'! So Mercy and Dead Inside can be added to this video:
  10. static shadows
    To be fair, I think Mercy is about as good as Starlight! The problem is that Starlight has always been one of my least favourite Muse songs. It's not bad and fairly catchy, just rather musically bland and dull. And making what really feels like a musical re-tread of it seems a little odd to me. It doesn't exactly speak of creativity! But maybe I'm just biased because of my ambivalence towards the original. If it was a second Plug in Baby, Fury, Bliss, Dead Star or Citizen Erased on the other hand, hypocrite that I am... It does make me wonder whether or not Citizen Erased and its reported sequel, The Globalist, will be as close musically as Mercy is to Starlight! I think I'd be willing to bet a whole £1 that it isn't. But I'd be pretty happy if I was wrong.
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    Despite a cool bass riff, the first three minutes are so dull and frustrating. It's like one continuous verse without a strong vocal melody, waiting for a chorus that never comes. The last minute is ok and at least grabs your attention but doesn't quite make up for the rest of the track. Essentially it's Madness but without the catchy vocals.
  13. static shadows
    I back this recommendation. Superb album.
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    If you embrace Nihilism They shall give you An exceptionally Nice tote bag.
  16. static shadows
    That is superb.
  17. static shadows
    On a first listen, I'll probably like this far more than anything on The 2nd Law, or most of The Resistance! Digging it a lot more than Psycho. A lot may depend on what the production is like on that chorus though and how bad the lyrics are. And that awesome end better be in there!
  18. static shadows
    I love the main (old) riff. But the vocal melody is really uninspiring/forgettable and the song never really progresses beyond that initial awesome riff. It actually got kind of boring. Within a single listen. That worries me rather. Still makes the album sound more promising than The 2nd Law though!
  19. static shadows
    I would say that it's too literal. It's not subtle or mysterious (see OOS, Absolution, Resistance, or even BH&R to an extent), but like being hit over the head with an overtly simplistic one-dimensional statement. I'd also argue that the best album covers have a strong visual centre point, and a simplicity, or at least symmetry. The Drones cover lacks a visual centre point (the centre of this image is the left edge of the screen), it is visually clustered and clumsy with no sense of symmetry, and lacks a strong, simple visual focus. By the latter, I mean I'd prefer just that image on the computer screen to be the album cover - maybe with the pulled back image/actual cover on the inside.
  20. static shadows
    Blimey, you are wound up tight. Have you considered that not everyone needs to agree with you? Don't get your knickers in a twist. Relax, man! It's a Muse board. There's no need to be aggressive It does look like a sub-par Storm work, but I'd argue that the only genuinely good album cover he made for Muse was for Absolution. So I don't understand why that should make me automatically like it.
  21. static shadows
    Urgh. That artwork is hideous. Looks like a teenager's GCSE project. Still, new songs soon!
  22. static shadows
    OOOOH! Only just heard the new clip. Nice to hear that awesome riff is finally in its own song.
  23. static shadows
    Sorry dude, but I really don't buy that. I see it for what it is, but I'm not sure you do. Inciting misogynistic violence is not 'serious bait LOLS!1!!' Claiming prejudice and violence statements in any form are ironically humorous works to both normalise the issue and desensitise people to it. Especially when you admit it's designed to attack/encourage a critique of those who believe in equality, and in the process encourage the growth of an 'us' vs 'them' mindset. That is really dangerous long-term.
  24. static shadows
    It's pure genius. It will be the most immersive album experience ever made. Next time around it will be released as a yoghurt containing an infectious virus that will be passed on from person to person. Everyone will hear it. And there's nothing anyone can do about it. It'll be like that last U2 album.
  25. static shadows
    I think it's pretty clear. In June 2015 all pre-orders will be delivered by drones. They will fly to you, they will find you, and they will release a payload of live, raw bees. This album is brutal and can only be heard via an interactive bee-sting induced fever dream.
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