Muse certainly don't Drone on with seventh studio album
Sorry for the terrible headline. Sometimes, I just can't help it. Anyway, back to the topic in hand, I listened to Muse's seventh studio album Drones and it's brilliant!
I was expecting a heart-wrenching, navel gazing, self pitying album from Muse, following Matt Bellamy's split with wife Kate Hudson. However, it's more of a protest album.
It seems Bellamy was listening to a lot of Marilyn Manson, Rick Wakeman and another band (prominent in track Defectors) that's on the tip of my tongue.
Muse have resurrected a forgotten art-form, a holistic album. It's a "concept" album in terms of it follows 'human drone' from indoctrination to abandonment and eventual defection. This is the sort of album that was popular in the 70s - an album that tells a story and takes the listener on a journey. An album that works together with no real singles.
Every track just rocks, shreds and thunders. Interspersed with the yellings of an army general to help bring the story to life. As Bellamy screeches 'show us mercy from these human machines' you almost feel like picking up arms and storming 10 Downing Street to stop the senseless, legitimised killing of both civilians and the military. What sets this story apart from most revolutionary rallying is that it's told from a soldier's perspective. They are blamed for doing their duty, both witnessing and engaging in the most horrific forms of human brutality. They are both heroes and villains. And they will bare the scars of these actions for the rest of their lives.
Muse are back with their famed wall of sound. Whatever you may think of them, their talent is undeniable and their music is infectious.
Seven out of ten
I was expecting a heart-wrenching, navel gazing, self pitying album from Muse, following Matt Bellamy's split with wife Kate Hudson. However, it's more of a protest album.
It seems Bellamy was listening to a lot of Marilyn Manson, Rick Wakeman and another band (prominent in track Defectors) that's on the tip of my tongue.
Muse have resurrected a forgotten art-form, a holistic album. It's a "concept" album in terms of it follows 'human drone' from indoctrination to abandonment and eventual defection. This is the sort of album that was popular in the 70s - an album that tells a story and takes the listener on a journey. An album that works together with no real singles.
Every track just rocks, shreds and thunders. Interspersed with the yellings of an army general to help bring the story to life. As Bellamy screeches 'show us mercy from these human machines' you almost feel like picking up arms and storming 10 Downing Street to stop the senseless, legitimised killing of both civilians and the military. What sets this story apart from most revolutionary rallying is that it's told from a soldier's perspective. They are blamed for doing their duty, both witnessing and engaging in the most horrific forms of human brutality. They are both heroes and villains. And they will bare the scars of these actions for the rest of their lives.
Muse are back with their famed wall of sound. Whatever you may think of them, their talent is undeniable and their music is infectious.
Seven out of ten
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