Tesseract Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 (edited) Some relevant/new info: Dom has been trying to get Matt to write a song around the riff in Psycho for years. The Handler features a middle section that harks back to the title track of Showbiz, and Matt says "The lyrics are almost a question-and-answer with that song." Matt on The Globalist (CE sequel): "The first half sounds like something from a film, then it goes to a middle section that's metal then the outro is a big piano ballad." The above two songs are introduced as the "two big nods to the past" on the album. The album is being mixed by Rich Costey! Edited March 27, 2015 by Tesseract Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim59 Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 Thanks! This is awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frozenbanana Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 can anyone make out anything on the first page? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forevermusic Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 Is it possible to get some transcription? Still, new info. Always good to hear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickerman Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 I'll post a transcript in a few mins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiske Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 Promising news,awesome...excited for the new album:love: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tofu Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 hello. long time no see. PLUG IN BABY New Album Exclusive! MUSE talk exclusively to Q about their back-to-basics approach for new album Drones. — YOU know that the universe is finite when Muse start talking about boundaries. The past 10 years have been a period of expansion and experimentation for the trio, a time in which they have redefined what it means to be a modern stadium rock band. Their live shows have included a giant robot on wheels, a stage designed to resemble the HAARP ionospheric research station in Alaska and a UFO with acrobats hanging off it – but when it came to making Drones, their forthcoming seventh studio album, they were struck by a very un-Muse thought: is it time to rein it in a bit? Their last record, 2012’s The 2nd Law, featured electronic power ballads and surging dubstep-influenced instrumentals, but Drones is as close to a classic back-to-basics rock album as Muse get. “I loved The 2nd Law, but it was the first time we actually realised, ‘This is too far,’” frontman Matt Bellamy tells Q, sitting in a control room at Air Studios in North London. They have commandeered most of the building: long-term collaborator Rich Costey is in a studio upstairs mixing the album, drummer Dom Howard is in another overseeing radio-edits, while they have been using one of the live rooms as a rehearsal space for an upcoming UK tour. It’s the day before they unveil the first song from Drones, an old-school rock racket called Psycho that re-appropriates a thumping riff that’s been cropping up in their live show for years. “That riff is from 1999,” says Bellamy. “Dom was always saying, ‘Turn that into a song!’ and I was always like, ‘Nah, it’s too redneck, dude.’” An urge to reconnect with their former selves prompted Bellamy’s change of opinion and much of the record is a return to what the singer describes as “three-piece heavy rock”. “It was good for us being in a room together to remind ourselves that it isn’t always about putting your head in a laptop or a synth to try and find something new, ” says Bellamy. “Sometimes three musicians in a room can find something new. We wanted to bring this album back a bit towards that.” There are two big nods to the past on Drones: as well as Psycho’s dusted-off riff, a raucous anthem called The Handler features a middle-section that harks back to the title track from their 1999 debut, Showbiz. “The lyrics are almost a question-and-answer with that song,” says Bellamy. After bassist Chris Wolstenholm contributed two songs to The 2nd Law, Bellamy resumed full control of songwriting duties. He had stuff to get off his chest: “I went very internal, very into my paranoias and weird feelings and life experiences. It was quite personal,” the singer says. He has projected these themes into the band’s first fully-formed concept album – the Drones of the title refers to when someone in a vulnerable state can be manipulated and indoctrinated. It’s not hard to make the connection between his split from fiancée Kate Hudson last year and the opening track Dead Inside, a swaggering, angry electro-ballad. It’s a song about “a relationship ending and a person becoming dead inside themselves” says Bellamy. “There’s not a lot of love on this album.” Recorded at The Warehouse in Vancouver between October and January, Drones was co-produced with Robert “Mutt” Lange, the man behind AC/DC’s Back In Black. After self-producing their last two albums, Muse felt ready for some outside influence. “You can get overly caught up in your own way of doing things,” says Bellamy, “and it’s hard for me, at times, to take input from other people. He was one of those people I knew I would listen to.” Of course, the back-to-basics approach that Bellamy talks about is relative. One of his favourite songs from the new album is a track called The Globalist that’s 10 minutes long. “The first half sounds like something from a film, then it goes to a middle section that’s metal then the outro is a big piano ballad,” he enthuses. This is how to strip things down, Muse-style. Buckle up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tesseract Posted March 28, 2015 Author Share Posted March 28, 2015 Hey Tofu! Thanks for the transcription Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nally Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 The Globalist is 10 minutes long? Pleeeease don't let it be a let down! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Furygirl Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 Thanks, Tofu! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spectrum IV Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 Thanks, Tofu! +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickerman Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 Thanks very much,couldn't make out the first two/three sentences so wasn't arsed to do it,nice to see someone else did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JessicaSarahS Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 hello. long time no see. PLUG IN BABY New Album Exclusive! MUSE talk exclusively to Q about their back-to-basics approach for new album Drones. — YOU know that the universe is finite when Muse start talking about boundaries. The past 10 years have been a period of expansion and experimentation for the trio, a time in which they have redefined what it means to be a modern stadium rock band. Their live shows have included a giant robot on wheels, a stage designed to resemble the HAARP ionospheric research station in Alaska and a UFO with acrobats hanging off it – but when it came to making Drones, their forthcoming seventh studio album, they were struck by a very un-Muse thought: is it time to rein it in a bit? Their last record, 2012’s The 2nd Law, featured electronic power ballads and surging dubstep-influenced instrumentals, but Drones is as close to a classic back-to-basics rock album as Muse get. “I loved The 2nd Law, but it was the first time we actually realised, ‘This is too far,’” frontman Matt Bellamy tells Q, sitting in a control room at Air Studios in North London. They have commandeered most of the building: long-term collaborator Rich Costey is in a studio upstairs mixing the album, drummer Dom Howard is in another overseeing radio-edits, while they have been using one of the live rooms as a rehearsal space for an upcoming UK tour. It’s the day before they unveil the first song from Drones, an old-school rock racket called Psycho that re-appropriates a thumping riff that’s been cropping up in their live show for years. “That riff is from 1999,” says Bellamy. “Dom was always saying, ‘Turn that into a song!’ and I was always like, ‘Nah, it’s too redneck, dude.’” An urge to reconnect with their former selves prompted Bellamy’s change of opinion and much of the record is a return to what the singer describes as “three-piece heavy rock”. “It was good for us being in a room together to remind ourselves that it isn’t always about putting your head in a laptop or a synth to try and find something new, ” says Bellamy. “Sometimes three musicians in a room can find something new. We wanted to bring this album back a bit towards that.” There are two big nods to the past on Drones: as well as Psycho’s dusted-off riff, a raucous anthem called The Handler features a middle-section that harks back to the title track from their 1999 debut, Showbiz. “The lyrics are almost a question-and-answer with that song,” says Bellamy. After bassist Chris Wolstenholm contributed two songs to The 2nd Law, Bellamy resumed full control of songwriting duties. He had stuff to get off his chest: “I went very internal, very into my paranoias and weird feelings and life experiences. It was quite personal,” the singer says. He has projected these themes into the band’s first fully-formed concept album – the Drones of the title refers to when someone in a vulnerable state can be manipulated and indoctrinated. It’s not hard to make the connection between his split from fiancée Kate Hudson last year and the opening track Dead Inside, a swaggering, angry electro-ballad. It’s a song about “a relationship ending and a person becoming dead inside themselves” says Bellamy. “There’s not a lot of love on this album.” Recorded at The Warehouse in Vancouver between October and January, Drones was co-produced with Robert “Mutt” Lange, the man behind AC/DC’s Back In Black. After self-producing their last two albums, Muse felt ready for some outside influence. “You can get overly caught up in your own way of doing things,” says Bellamy, “and it’s hard for me, at times, to take input from other people. He was one of those people I knew I would listen to.” Of course, the back-to-basics approach that Bellamy talks about is relative. One of his favourite songs from the new album is a track called The Globalist that’s 10 minutes long. “The first half sounds like something from a film, then it goes to a middle section that’s metal then the outro is a big piano ballad,” he enthuses. This is how to strip things down, Muse-style. Buckle up. Thank you! And glad to see you back! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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