Bohemian-Cygnus-Running-Out Posted September 2, 2022 Share Posted September 2, 2022 Man, the verse melody on Kill Or Be Killed reminds me of Audioslave and Chris Cornell’s very off kilter melodies, but then it seamlessly evolves into something only Matt could write. This song is brilliant. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bohemian-Cygnus-Running-Out Posted September 2, 2022 Share Posted September 2, 2022 The verse riff to We Are F***ing F***ed is so old school Muse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bohemian-Cygnus-Running-Out Posted September 2, 2022 Share Posted September 2, 2022 Actually the whole song is. Oh my goodness, aside from the gloriously campy outro this song could absolutely have been off of Hullaballoo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hippogriff Posted September 2, 2022 Share Posted September 2, 2022 Has anyone got.the NFT version yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clunge Posted September 2, 2022 Share Posted September 2, 2022 5 hours ago, kueller said: At under 40 minutes I'm thinking about how I've been on this damn site for almost a decade seeing posts about the benefits of shorter records. I think those were from Clunge? And here they are with a quick and punchy record. I think I'd get tired if it was 50 minutes. Aye. I always thought the old vinyl format, max 40 mins – 20 per side – made for a brilliant template where you had to think carefully about constructing an album. This fits that mould well with WOTP through Ghosts and then Halloween through WAFF. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claudia O Posted September 3, 2022 Share Posted September 3, 2022 (edited) Matt just pointed this out in an interview 😎 Edited September 3, 2022 by Claudia O Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citizen_Eraser Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 I think the biggest surprise about this entire album is that the sappy, slow build love ballad is almost universally considered the best song. And I agree completely. It's a 10/10 for me. It's a perfect song. I'd probably rank my favorites like this, and then the rest of the songs idc about enough to rank. Waff is fun but its like a novelty song and its hard to take seriously. It'll be fun live though. Verona KOBK Euphoria (Musiest song on the album) WSD Liberation Halloween Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claudia O Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 (edited) I resisted all the temptations, I only heard snippets of the completely new songs in an interview here and there, and finally got my album today and listened to it in one go. Ok. Will of the people. Great opener, I loved it! Btw, I loved „The beautiful people“ before (I don‘t say I’m a fan of MM, but I always loved this song and his version of „Sweet dreams“). Need to listen closer next time when Matt sings sheeple 🤣 Compliance, no sorry, this is not my thing. Will be cool live I believe, but on record.. nope. Great singing, it‘s just the whole song is .. Liberation. Phew! Idk, does nothing to me, may grow on me, who knows. Won‘t stand down - I love it! Sounds great, massive, will be great live. Ghosts. Beautiful! Yes, I had tears in my eyes.. thank god I haven‘t lost somebody close to me lately… comparing it to the songs on Matts solo album, it it much better recorded, produced, sung … I hope to hear it live one day, but I can totally understand if Matt decides not to, as he said in a recent interview. You make me feel like it‘s Halloween. Haha yes! Funny, the Panic Station on the album 🤣 watching the video it distracts a lot from the song, but I love the video! listened to the CD here and to hear it after Ghosts was a bit pffff… on the vinyl it‘ll be better. Kill or be killed, I have to say I prefer the live version! Maybe cause we first heard it live? Idk, something‘s missing on the recorded version, maybe cause it‘s not so „in your face“. Verona. I like it. The words are a bit cheesy, it will grow on me I think. Euphoria. You know, I heard a little snipped before I heard the full song, and I thought „Muse will go to Eurovision Song Contest next year 🙄“ the chorus sounds a lot like many other popsongs. But then you get guitars and drums, great singing, needs more listen and will be exciting live 😬😁 We are fucking fucked. I expected a lot, and I got a lot! I love it ! There was a moment when I thought „Oh!!!! Yesss!!“ what a surprise! I need to listen again and then tell you what it was. Next single? Great album closer, and I think gig closer 😊 KOC is a great song, but play it before the first encore, it‘ll do fine there. After more listens and finally watching the live-versions of the new songs, I‘m sure I‘ll change my mind here and there Edited September 12, 2022 by Claudia O 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That Little Animal Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 16 minutes ago, Claudia O said: I resisted al the temptations, I only heard snippets of the new songs in an interview here and there, and finally got my album today and listened to it in one go. Ok. Will of the people. Great opener, I loved it! Btw, I loved „The beautiful people“ before (I don‘t say I’m a fan of MM, but I always loved this song and his version of „Sweet dreams“). Need to listen closer next time when Matt sings sheeple 🤣 Compliance, no sorry, this is not my thing. Will be cool live I believe, but on record.. nope. Great singing, it‘s just the whole song is .. Liberation. Phew! Idk, does nothing to me, may grow on me, who knows. Won‘t stand down - I love it! Sounds great, massive, will be great live. Ghosts. Beautiful! Yes, I had tears in my eyes.. thank god I haven‘t lost somebody close to me lately… comparing it to the songs on Matts solo album, it it much better recorded, produced, sung … I hope to hear it live one day, but I can totally understand if Matt decides not to, as he said in a recent interview. You make me feel like it‘s Halloween. Haha yes! Funny, the Panic Station on the album 🤣 watching the video it distracts a lot from the song. I listened the CD here and to hear it after Ghosts was a but pffff… on the vinyl it‘ll be better. Kill or be killed, I have to say I prefer the live version! Maybe cause we first heard it live? Idk, something‘s missing on the recorded version, maybe cause it‘s not so „in your face“. Verona. I like it. The words are a bit cheesy, it will grow on me I think. Euphoria. You know, I heard a little snipped before I heard the full song, and I thought „Muse will go to Eurovision Song Contest next year 🙄“ the chorus sounds a lot like many other popsongs. But then you get guitars and drums, great singing, needs more listen abd will be exciting live 😬😁 We are fucking fucked. I expected a lot, and I got a lot! I love it ! There was a moment when I thought „Oh!!!! Yesss!!“ what a surprise! I need to listen again and then tell you what it was. Next single? Great album closer, and I think gig closer 😊 KOC is a great song, but play it before the first encore, it‘ll do fine there. After more listens and finally watching the live-versions of the new songs, I‘m sure I‘ll change my mind here and there Wait, had you not listened to WOTP, Compliance and WSD all this time either? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claudia O Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 (edited) Of course I had listened to them 🫣🤯 but I always judge songs again after listening to them on my stereo… old-fashioned, yeah .. 😅 Edited September 7, 2022 by Claudia O 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claudia O Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 (edited) Second listen (on vinyl) Verona got stuck in my head! It‘s a great song 😊 anybody else noticed that the guitar sounds like U2 ? Yes, now Halloween after Ghosts makes sense, turning of the sides 👍 and, „I‘m your number 1 fan“ is on record. Still no Liberation and Euphoria fan, sorry, but I appreciate Matts falsetto in Euphoria near the end .. as high as Handler, live? Rocking and laughing, We are fucking fucked. This should be a single ! Edited September 9, 2022 by Claudia O Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anticitizen1 Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 Deffo Joshua Tree era The Edge on Verona. Not a single track I want to skip. Euphoria is my current fave. Best album since Absolution. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claudia O Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 Interesting interview! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jobby Posted September 9, 2022 Author Share Posted September 9, 2022 y’all seen the comp for free vinyl + guitar? here if not oh yeah wotp is goated btw, confirmed as owner of the thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claudia O Posted September 10, 2022 Share Posted September 10, 2022 Yes I saw it, but I can‘t enter 😟 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claudia O Posted September 12, 2022 Share Posted September 12, 2022 Did I really say that Kobk on record is missing something? Well it does when you play it too quiet 😅🤟 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NigelTufnel Posted September 13, 2022 Share Posted September 13, 2022 On 9/9/2022 at 4:12 AM, Claudia O said: Second listen (on vinyl) Verona got stuck in my head! It‘s a great song 😊 anybody else noticed that the guitar sounds like U2 ? Yes, now Halloween after Ghosts makes sense, turning of the sides 👍 and, „I‘m your number 1 fan“ is on record. Still no Liberation and Euphoria fan, sorry, but I appreciate Matts falsetto in Euphoria near the end .. as high as Handler, live? Rocking and laughing, We are fucking fucked. This should be a single ! Verona is very much in the U2 vein. The dreamy layered production also reminds me of last year's Wolf Alice album, Blue Weekend. That said, it still manages to pinch a few recent Muse elements. The pulsing synths of Algorithm, the plucky guitar melody of Dead Inside, the earnest building power balladry of (gulp!) Guiding Light. Plus the underlying theme of the pandemic-romance lyrics seems to be that "Love is our Resistance!" 😅 Somehow, they fused all that into a really great track. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bohemian-Cygnus-Running-Out Posted September 19, 2022 Share Posted September 19, 2022 Gotta love that feeling when the new album starts sinking in and becomes less disorienting. This is the most fun Muse have ever had on record. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bohemian-Cygnus-Running-Out Posted September 19, 2022 Share Posted September 19, 2022 Man, I've gotta give it to em. The riff to the verses of We're F****** F***** sounds like a long lost B-side from Showbiz / OoS that absolutely should have been on the album. The stop start thing reminds me of Citizen Erased, and Goodbye Sky Harbor by Jimmy Eat World if you know that tune. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muse samuse Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 My ranking of the ten tracks after several listens: 1. KOBK 10/10 2. Ghosts 10/10 3. Halloween 9.5/10 4. WSD 9/10 5. Verona 8.5/10 6. Euphoria 8/10 7. WAFF 7.5/10 8. Liberation 7/10 9. Compliance 7/10 10. WOTP 7/10 Top Tier Albums: Abso, OoS, BHaR, TR Good: Drones, WOTP, T2L, ST, Showbiz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claudia O Posted September 27, 2022 Share Posted September 27, 2022 (edited) What if Muse will release a special edition of the Halloween song for Record Store Day? 😍 maybe with a mask this time 😬🤪 edit: oh, I thought there is one in October! Ok, there‘s a RSD Black Friday in November … Edited September 27, 2022 by Claudia O Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MUSEologist Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 On 8/25/2022 at 9:04 PM, That Little Animal said: Cringe inflation. I think that's a bonus track on an upcoming Japanese release of the album.😜 On 9/7/2022 at 11:16 AM, Claudia O said: Verona. I like it. The words are a bit cheesy Well, it is Shakespeare for the 2020s after all! They could release it as a single with a B-side cover of Dire Straits' Romeo & Juliet.😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MUSEologist Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 On 8/26/2022 at 4:32 PM, Silentgod86 said: Interesting interview this:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMvtyphl9rA Zane Lowe can come across as too much a fan boy in his shorter interviews on Muse's album releases but this was a much more mature effort and more enjoyable for me as a result. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claudia O Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 Do we need to learn this dance now 🫣💃🕺🤣🤣 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That Little Animal Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 Someone should mash YMMFLIH and the Sunburn vid. Cause that’s their creepiest one by far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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