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  1. The Small Print and TOADA weren't very good when they came out
  2. Current Muse fans are on discord, Reddit and Twitter. The fans who used to be here are...on Facebook I guess
  3. You know, you don't HAVE to listen to songs you find bad.
  4. Okay now that I've heard every song at least 5 times, I have to say this is a really strong album. I was pleasantly surprised by the highlights of Simulation Theory, but it had a fair share of absolute stinkers. This album has Liberation and Will of the People which I can't imagine myself getting into, but they're also not bad. And everything aside from that is good to great.
  5. That's from a press release from back in March: https://themusicuniverse.com/muse-announces-will-people/
  6. "Lyrically the song takes influence from my favourite Paul McCartney song “Live and Let Die”, a dark take on how life’s adversity can sometimes bring out the worst human instincts to survival at any costs."
  7. So far, all the singles have been better than Dig Down, Pressure and Thought Contagion, but nowhere near The Dark Side, Propaganda, The Void, Blockades or Algorithm for me. I'm expecting another Muse album with 3-4 great songs and the rest ranging from terrible to decent but none of which I would ever choose to listen to.
  8. The new riff after MOTP was confirmed by Dan (the new Morgan) to be from Kill or Be Killed btw.
  9. They did spend more time in the studio this time around though? Anyway it doesn't really matter if they don't end up doing all the things they say they wanna do. They wanted to do just singles for Simulation Theory, but then went back on it and started doing an album. That doesn't mean they lied when they said they wanted to do just singles. The reason we take their statements with a grain of salt is because, as you say, they end up going the normal route every single time. And I very much doubt they're actually gonna stop touring and start recording album after album. That wasn't my point. My point is simply that they're clearly enjoying their time in the studio. And I see no reason why Matt wouldn't just say "Honestly we just wanna get out there and tour" if that's how he felt.
  10. No they haven't? What they have said, multiple times, is that when you're in the studio you long for the road, and when you're on the road you're longing to get back into the studio. not sure why saying that they want to record more music would be a way of hyping this current one. What they always say is that they wanna get out and play the songs to people. This time there was none of that
  11. Matt literally just had an interview where he talked about how much they enjoyed making music together, almost to the point where they thought about JUST making music instead of touring
  12. Really interesting interview actually! Interesting to hear that Dom apparently called the shots and made the creative decisions this time around.
  13. Song lengths have leaked apparently: https://twitter.com/takeunobow/status/1504503553758486534/photo/1
  14. Oh and the song...well it and Won't Stand Down are both better than the lead singles to Simulation Theory, but worse than Dead Inside and Psycho. I still believe this can be a pretty good Muse album. But a whole album of this quality would be thoroughly underwhelming and just...mediocre.
  15. That's the origin but for a bunch of years now it's been used by the alt-right and other radicalised groups as a metaphor for "waking up", usually by realising that feminism, progressive ideals and just...believing in facts is wrong. Considering the rest of the lyrical content, I'd say it's far more likely to be related to that, rather than just The Matrix itself.
  16. No, there was a song on the list called The Great Reset, but they changed it.
  17. Something doesn't become a fallacy just because you don't want to acknowledge the argument. And you're doing quite a good job of providing your own fallacy at the end there. Matt doesn't have to do anything, but if he writes shit that panders to conspiracy theorists, I'm gonna criticise him. Oh the horror!
  18. "One shouldn't be judged for the person they were, but for the person they've become." Yeah and Matt is still writing the exact same lyrical content as then. And while dismissing the conspiracy nutters in interviews, he still acts as if his own words have no effect on the world whatsoever, while also wishing for his lyrics to inspire people. You don't really get to mirror the statements of the conspiracy nuts who these days have proven to be quite dangerous to society, while also claiming that you have no part in the spread of their propaganda. Also don't really buy your argument that since it doesn't matter if you provide a flat-earther with evidence, you might as well give into the discourse and use it in the same way they do...but just remove the words "flat earth", so you can pretend to sit on the fence while supplying fuel for the fire. Now, maybe Matt surprises us all and comes out with the most poignant dismantling of these matters that we've ever seen. But your argument that he can't help how a listener interprets a song is just...flawed. Sure, even Rage Against The Machine have some right-wing nutters thinking they're talking about the modern left, but don't you think that crowd would have been slightly bigger if RATM actually intended to write for right-wing nutters? Or do you really think that it doesn't make a difference? Let me put it like this: Muse's social media comment sections these past few days have been full of people going "So true. The governments have already kept us locked inside for 2 years under the guise of fear. And they're still pushing their supposed "vaccines"". But for some reason...I don't see these comments on the social media sites of my other favourite artists...
  19. Okay so my thoughts on the song: It's pretty fun. I think the verses are cool up until the falsetto enters for the "opened my eyes" etc, then it just becomes a bit silly. Even worse in the second verse right before the bridge. But I strangely don't have an issue with the chorus, even though I totally see the similarities with songs like Revolt and GUAF which I hate. I'm a bit bothered by the fact that it doesn't seem to build very well. Like...the instrumental goes down in volume for the chorus, which means it's never really that satisfying.
  20. Matt has talked about his love for ABBA a couple of times, and mentioned it as an inspiration for one album, can't remember if it was The Resistance or Black Holes & Revelations. This comparison in particular was made very frequently back in 2009. So much that it's actually mentioned in the Musewiki. https://musewiki.org/Unnatural_Selection_(song) I honestly recommend reading the page for every song for tidbits like this edit: What I could find was that Dom mentioned ABBA as an influence for Absolution. https://musewiki.org/3VOOR12_2003-09-24_–_Interview_with_Dominic_Howard_of_Muse
  21. Well Dig Down wasn't released as part of an album. They simply recorded a couple of songs and released one of them. Then they toured, went back into the studio and recorded a few more tracks etc. This time, they've recorded the whole album in one go, like they usually do.
  22. Don't think there are any big surprises here
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