Album Reviews
Muse pull out all the stops on another prog-tastic outing
Like all its predecessors, the English rockers’ ninth studio album is spectacularly over the top but rarely dull
Rock, Muse, Will of the People (Warner Records)
The themes on UK band Muse’s ninth studio album are inspired by the past few years of global disarray, says its primary songwriter Matt Bellamy. He certainly has enough conflict to write about. Between climate change, attempted insurrections, the disintegration of Western democracy, increasing levels of authoritarianism and the pandemic, Bellamy has surrounded himself with typical Muse concerns – not only for what is happening, but ...
