Drones Album Discussion Thread

[JessicaSarahS]

yes. That artwork would look sick on a single/vinyl single pressing.

 

Seriously? You're definitely the ultimate Muse defender of the year.

[Mozza]

Seriously? You're definitely the ultimate Muse defender of the year.

 

BarryC lives on

[topo_musero]

Holy Jesus, that Reapers artwork could be taken from... Pokémon? It's like a bombarding Unown :LOL:

[Mozza]

Holy Jesus, that Reapers artwork could be taken from... Pokémon? It's like a bombarding Unown :LOL:

 

It's flying Kang and Kodos from the simpsons

[LewisF]

It's flying Kang and Kodos from the simpsons

 

Thats what they reminded me of then!

[Shippy92]

Wait..... so Robert John "Mutt" Lange sings in Aftermath?? Didn't see that coming!

[JessicaSarahS]

BarryC lives on

 

It's flying Kang and Kodos from the simpsons

 

Thats what they reminded me of then!

 

Yeah, same here!

 

That Reapers artwork really does stick out in a bad way from the rest. Drones and Aftermath are my favorites.

[LewisF]

Yeah, same here!

 

That Reapers artwork really does stick out in a bad way from the rest. Drones and Aftermath are my favorites.

 

Drones is definitely my favourite

[FabriPav]

The only good artwork there imo is the Drones one. The rest is awful.

[OriginOfAbso]

That artwork looks so amateur.

[aleluman]

The only good artwork there imo is the Drones one. The rest is awful.

 

This. I think that atwork should've been the cover, it's pretty good

[serpentsatellite]

Yeah, the Drones one is the only one that's tolerable. I've never cared for Mahurin's work, but some of those are so much lower than my expectations.

And wtf IS up with the Reapers one? It not only doesn't look like the rest of his work, it looks like Matt's kid came up with it.

Which, honestly would make it pretty cute.

[-FutureStar-]

The brief Graham Norton interview was quite funny. Graham mentioned they said that this album was 'their best ever' and Matt replied saying 'The last six albums were just a longwinded foreplay.'

 

Was hilarious.

[frutiger75]

Is that Kendall Jenner in The Globalist artwork?

 

yes. and i think that's caitlyn in Mercy (up-tops were the tell), but i'm not 100% certain b/c that effin' sinking boat is obstructing what's "down below."

[MrPsycho]

Is the Milan Strings clip the one featuring at Aftermath?

[colonizedmind]

Whatever happened to releasing the whole album through lyric videos?

 

Well, they did like 3 in 4 days, even if they're all finished, they've gotta be smart and space them out! They probably don't want the whole album out there for free legally in video form either! Guess what, some people never download leaks, but they sure as can watch youtube videos! So the rest will probably follow after June 8th...

 

I suspects we'll start seeing more come next week, along with Mercy Official video on Monday, I suspect...

[googoogee]

Has anyone posted The Making of Drones yet? Or was it just The Globalist/Defector thing..

[Jobby]

Has anyone posted The Making of Drones yet? Or was it just The Globalist/Defector thing..

 

Yup.

[serpentsatellite]

Yup.

 

I'm more disappointed about that than I expected.

[HomesickSubterranean]

What if the making of that leaked was of Aftermath and Revolt rather than The Globalist and Defector? I wonder if people would've liked the album more then

[Archer29]

What if the making of that leaked was of Aftermath and Revolt rather than The Globalist and Defector? I wonder if people would've liked the album more then

 

Revolt and Aftermath > Defector

 

But true, Defector sounded good in the making of.

[Mattestro]

What if the making of that leaked was of Aftermath and Revolt rather than The Globalist and Defector? I wonder if people would've liked the album more then

 

I like Aftermath, on first listen as well

[manualex]

Vinyl stuff

[serpentsatellite]

So the lyrics and stuff in the box set aren't in a booklet...? It's just that one big piece?

[blinkin fightuse]

I honestly feel that if Dead Inside and Aftermath weren't on the album, this would be their best album since Origin of Symmetry.

 

It took a couple of listens for me to get into Revolt, but I enjoy the 80's classic pop rock sound to it.

I also feel like Drones follows The Globalist so well and that I often just think of them as one 13 minute long track.

 

Dead Inside sounds too much like their sound on The 2nd Law, which I despise, and Aftermath sounds decent for most of the song until you hear the chorus again in it's over-the-top church-like glory.

 

Drones is collectively as good as Showbiz and The Resistance, but has as many consecutively good tracks as Absolution. 3.7/5

 

Highlights: Reapers - The Handler - Defector