Zepp
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The brass, the guitar reminiscent of Crying Shame, the relatively simple structure, the "Pressure building" bit that reminds me of SMBH...
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Don't tell me that you can resist singing these aaaaeeeeeaaaaah because I wouldn't believe you.
Edit: I also can't really feel the Abso vide but it totally sounds like a song from BH&R and we know Matt confuses these two eras a lot so maybe that's where his comparison comes from
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Loving this. I was already obessed with TDS, this album is gonna be great.
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The Dark Side > Thought Contagion ≥ Dig Down > Something Human
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what is going on
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I clearly remember people hearing Follow Me at Taratata before its release in 2012 and describing it as Dead Star 2.
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I applied to attend and responses will be given on Wednesday but I almost hope they don't play Pressure because I'd like to hear the studio version first to avoid a Cologne-like letdown, even more so since Taratata performances are usually fantastic.
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I love it.
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I'm not exactly sure about how I feel about SH yet, but I think it may work well in the context of the album. I'm getting excited and optimistic actually.
Also :
Thought Contagion
Something Human, Dig Down
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I was personally very pleasantly surprised by Psycho last November. I've always thought the studio version was too repetitive and a bit bland, but at the shows I couldn't get enough of the riff and the silly singing. It was a highlight on both nights.
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Upon checking the chorus is indeed higher than I remembered with many full voiced A4s, my apologies.
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Yeah but those are falsetto not full voice if I remember correctly
Edit: I overlooked them because they are not challenging so they would be irrelevant to this discussion
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Yeah Animals doesn't really present much of a challenge, vocally.
A little gutted we'll likely never see Follow Me again, his vocals were a real highlight of that song live. Can't see Panic Station popping up all that much in future either, lots of A4s (I think?) throughout.
G4s not A4s but the song is mostly exhausting because it leaves little room for breathing I think.
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I don't mind additions. A live gig and its recorded version will never be the same experience and a dvd will never capture the true liveness of the moment; even unaltered footage of the gigs I went to feel completely different from what I saw. So I'm okay with them using what a polished release can offer to enhance it (assuming the sfx do but that's another debate).
I suppose that theoretically this argument could extend to vocal overdubbing but I do mind it so I guess altering the performance itself is problematic, but altering the wrapping isn't to me.
The tricky part is not to make it a false promise or advertisement of the gigs, but since it's being released after the tour this isn't really an issue here.
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This element of surprise is a huge plus to me. Predictability is a mood killer afaic, makes you think and calculate too much and prevents you from getting into the concert and carried away.
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No one has ever penetrated my soul so acutely
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The pre-chorus is one of my favourite Muse moments.
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Flow: Drones
Production: Absolution
Mixing/mastering: Drones
Lyrics: Absolution
Song-wise, Drones doesn’t hit the level of Stockholm, Butterflies, Apocalypse, RBS or Endlessly but it’s more consistently solid/enjoyable imo. It only really falls apart for the last two tracks and has a wee wobble with Mercy. Abso’s wobbles are frequent, just more in terms of mood/tone than quality. Individually, S4A, FAWY and Blackout are decent songs but, in the context of the album, they bring the momentum to a sudden dead stop and jerk you in another direction so I can’t enjoy them. Then you’ve obvs got a few meh tracks filling out the rest of the album like TOADA, TSP and TIRO.
If Abso flowed, like at all, and the band had made better choices w/ what did and didn’t make the cut, it’d probs wipe the floor with Drones.
Edit: it’d still probs be a way off BH&R and OOS for me though
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Time Is Running Out is top tier Muse (yes I'm looking at you Jobby)
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I know I rate Drones and Abso around the same level tbh.
I don't think I've ever read such a controversial statement on this board
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Doesn't it sound like the woahs are just done by Chris and the audience?
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What is going on
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YAAAAAAAASSSS
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damn
Pressure (single)
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It's hard to pin it down and maybe it's a bit far-fetched but upon hearing it for the first time the first riff reminded me of CS because they're both light and "funny" riffs, which is unusual for Muse, and the 2nd, heavier riff somehow reminded me of early CS's main riff.