Drones Album Discussion Thread

[Nature2]

wow guys do you really find Drones better than Showbiz or Resistance?? I mean.. TR maybe, yeah but SHOWBIZ?

[Citizen Erased 01]

Aftermath is very good.

 

I might even give it a 9/10, it's speaking to me in quite a profound way

[Unidentifiable]

Revolt sounds 10x better second time around (although the second half of the chorus has that infamous Axis of Awesome 4 chords)

[lewislimes]

I need to listen to it a few more times but at the moment I actually prefer The 2nd Law and surely around here that's saying something.

[Tim59]

I've listened to the new tracks exclusively for a while now, and still the only thing repeating in my mind is the falsetto and riff in The Handler. So good.

[frozenbanana]

Aftermath is good. Need to relisten to Revolt. Still holding off on giving ratings because I reckon this second half is a grower.

[Clunge]

Aftermath reminds me of Hoodoo.

[Citizen Erased 01]

thank fuck for Aftermath, it's made the entire second half for me.

[-FutureStar-]

Hahaha... I really like Revolt...

[Black4bird]

The ending of Aftermath is pretty cheesy, but at least there isn't a modulation.

[Hopix]

Aftermath is very good, I've been wanting them to veer into this territory for ages. Wide soundscape, progressive structure, lead guitar everywhere, slow and atmospheric.

[Zepp]

Aftermath was great until that awful ending.

[Chryse]

Revolt is.....what...

[Tim59]

Aftermath reminds me of Hoodoo.

 

Start of Globalist reminds me of Hoodoo.

[AdamCee]

Revolt sounds like it should be from a musical...

 

I can just imagine Matt singing it at the West End I have no idea why

[Captain Radiator]

If you begin fading out The Globalist from 6.35 to 7.00 it sounds like a perfect closing track. Just a shame the piano doesn't resolve itself properly before the bit with the singing starts.

[CatchHellBlues]

Aftermath reminds me of Hoodoo.

 

Please, no

[Hopix]

Revolt is.....what...

 

As bad as Defector from what I could remember.

[Old Man Pigeon]

Well, it was nice knowing you all.

Muse is over. No offense to anyone who still like them.

Ill just shut myself in my room and only listen to abso

 

I'm sort of feeling the same. But The Handler proves they are still capable of writing in that classic Muse style

[Finn.]

Of course i didn't listen to the album because it isn't released yet. But i believe the album will be solid, Defector could be great track, as well as The Globalist, even if i'd like if that track was two or three minutes longer, the central part is immense and i'm dying to listen to it live.

[weezul]

I really can't cope with the auto tune on this album. It's dreadful. Whoever did it should never be employed for such a job again. Literally, one of the biggest rock albums anyone in this day and age could work on... and it sounds like it does. I think the mix of the album is all over the place. Some tracks are brilliant, and others are just a little off...

 

It seems like Mutt just got 'his guy' to tune all the vocals, and he just put it through Auto-Tune EFX or something, didn't touch the settings, or even try to do it properly in melodyne, and was like 'ere ya gan mate, i'm off gotta get home for the footy'

 

And then to top it all off, the whistles are actually out of tune in the globalist, and they left them alone.

 

WHAT IS GOING ON. Muse essentially have unlimited budget. Surely matt can't think his vocals need the tuning, or at least the horrible automatic tuning you hear on the album. You can tune vocals to the point of undetectable-ness with practice/experience. I let it slide on the singles, thought oh maybe it's just an effect he wants for the story... but it's just not right. Not right i say.

 

Also, the guitars are clipping (and not in a nice way) on songs like Pyscho, The Globalist. And I'm on the HD audio version in my fully treated mix room and Adam A7x monitors. It's a real shame.

 

HOWEVER.

 

Overall, I am enjoying myself. Especially the first half of the album. I think it's very powerful and worth it just for Reapers, The Handler, Pyscho, Defector. Good times.

[Tim59]

Aftermath is very good, I've been wanting them to veer into this territory for ages. Wide soundscape, progressive structure, lead guitar everywhere, slow and atmospheric.

 

Agreed. What Save Me should have been.

[OriginOfAbso]

Vocal melodies are all over the place in this album in general. Not enough attention to rhyme structures and syllable counts kills a lot of it for me.

 

It's not like he can't do better with the lyrics. Idk what he's thinking, hope he takes a bit more time with it next time.

 

I totally agree with this. So many things sound forced.

[Citizen Erased 01]

Agreed. What Save Me should have been.

 

This.

 

I can now firmly say that Defector and Revolt are the only bad tracks on the second half (I still haven't heard Drones yet :/ ) but Globalist and Aftermath have both snuck up behind me and knocked me clean out. Love the desolate, sparse sadness to them both.

[LiT]

So there are 3 weaker tracks on the record (Aftermath, Revolt, Drones). So how is that a bad album then if the rest is great?

Especially The Handler, Reapers, Defector (I loved the making of and I love it now), The Globalist, Dead Inside.

 

It's still better than the last 2 albums. And I even love the outro after the heavy part in GLobalist. Don't get the people who are actually commiting suicide because they don't like the album. It's a decent album. Nowadays only QOTSA could make an album without any fillers.