You either like Muse or not, based on Matt Bellamy's high wailing vocals over grungy guitar. Of late, Muse have gone through a genre-busting transformation through 70's, 80's, prog-rock, metal and pop. This goes further. Fans may be dubious, new listeners may stop and give it a try.
The Second Law, the sixth Muse album, depicts the human struggle against the second law of thermodynamics - the loss of a little energy in every reaction or exchange, until eventually the reaction dies, still and cold. Cheery old Muse.
What this amounts to is a latter-day Concept Album; a weird and wonderful mixture of electronica, soft rock, rock-opera, prog-rock bombast, verging on heavy metal. At times it treads dangerously close to rock pastiche. It demonstrates no lack of ambition. Muse maintain the trademark, mournful existential undercurrent of hopeless struggling against the odds. Read more of this post
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