Absolution - Muse

I first learnt about Muse when i was watching the good old music channels and saw their video 'Time is running out' on Q. When i had finished watching and listening to their video i was curious to find out more about them and when i did i was very suprised that they had been around for a while! Whilst learning about this rockband i found out that they have three albums out with their first being 'Showbiz'. Their second 'Origin of Symmetry' and of couse their third 'Absolution' which was released last year. Muse: The band is made up of three members, Matthew Bellamy - lead vocalist, guitarist and pianist. Chris Wolstenholme - Bass. Dominic ...

MUSE - ABSOLUTION Thank god for Muse. No really – I mean lets face it: how many truly world class British Bands have we seen in the past decade? Radiohead were truly something to get exited about: OK Computer was quite fantastic and The Bends even better. But disaster struck. Thom Yorke and co decided to hit the self-destruct button and seemed to forget how to come up with power ballads of the ‘Street Spirit’ and ‘Karma Police’ style opting to instead put down their guitars and produce the somewhat difficult Kid A. And what a disappointment this was! After all Oasis’s pub rock could only entertain us for so long and with Blur ...

When Muse came onto the scene with their debut album they were dismissed by some as a Radiohead clone. Yes there was a vocalist with a big vocal range, the songs were a bit off kilter and not in the norm, and there were some weird sounds. So what? With their second album Origin of Symmetry Muse proved that they rock harder than Radiohead. Now we have Absolution, the third studio album and after a 9/10 score from the NME it?s safe to say that Muse are on the up once again. I?ve been listening to the album for a few weeks now and bought it yesterday. It?s already growing on me and fans of their previous records won?t be disappointed. The album opens with ...