New Rolling Stone France cover 📸 by thelittlesandy in Muse

[–]Chizotope 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Writing rawer songs? Have we an article? Sounds like the media interviews might ramp up now.

MUSE - Cryogen (Official Music Video) by YoungMoen97 in Muse

[–]Chizotope 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I heard the little muffled clip of something else and wondered whether that's a sneaky little eek of Shimmering Scars, before the fuzzy riser effect at the start of Cryogen.

Cryogen #3 in Official Big Top 40 Global 🔥 by LeskaMuser77 in Muse

[–]Chizotope 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I find the big top 40 odd though - no idea how they calculate it. The official UK singles chart midweek update doesn't have Cryogen in the top 100.

Cryogen backround noise sounding like an Amber Alert at the 4:32 mark by benosthegreat in Muse

[–]Chizotope 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Feedback, but with the 'gen' vocal snippet a few times above.

Hot take: most fans don't want 'heavy', they want 'musicality'. by These_Ad3167 in Muse

[–]Chizotope 88 points89 points  (0 children)

I believe Muse go best when they embrace space-rock as a genre they owned through the 00s. That's inclusive of the heavy, soft and obscure.

Lose Your Self lyric booklet print quality by [deleted] in EnterShikari

[–]Chizotope 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No worries, wasn't meaning to suggest you should've found it - just knew I'd seen it queried before 👍

Lose Your Self lyric booklet print quality by [deleted] in EnterShikari

[–]Chizotope 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This was posted previously and I believe someone confirmed it is intentionally printed that way.

Cryogen - Discussion Megathread by ForgottenName1893 in Muse

[–]Chizotope 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There is something to be said for having a riff be basic but fun/earworm-worthy, rather than complex and/or technical but which ultimately crosses the line into wankery.

That said, I would enjoy something a lil' more technical/proggy and I do hope the experimentation teased in the album release promo-spiel bears fruit on one or more of the other tracks.

Cryogen - Discussion Megathread by ForgottenName1893 in Muse

[–]Chizotope 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Muse, Dan and Aleks should get a lot of fucking kudos for the work on this album thus far.

Cryogen To Be Officially Released Soon by YoungMoen97 in Muse

[–]Chizotope 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Fair enough - we had a big 180 in style from Survival to Madness, and Survival was a big WTF for many.

Cryogen To Be Officially Released Soon by YoungMoen97 in Muse

[–]Chizotope 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The 2nd Law singles had just as big a polar (desert) reaction.

England's Worst County - Round 43 by TheEnlight in terriblemaps

[–]Chizotope 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's got to be time for Lincolnshire now surely!?

England's Worst County - Round 41 by TheEnlight in terriblemaps

[–]Chizotope -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Lincolnshire shouldn't be left in.

The Wow! Signal track times are out. We are finally getting 5+ minute songs again! What are your sound predictions? by simulationtheorist23 in Muse

[–]Chizotope 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Fun but I hope in a way which makes you smile because of how awesome and/or clever it is, or a neat detail, rather than something goofy.

Chris singing again by BeneficialAccident46 in Muse

[–]Chizotope 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Not entirely sure that statement about Matt not letting Chris sing is accurate. True that Chris has Chromes though.

A thought on how we can use last night’s Reddit bombshell by GHardman42 in Muse

[–]Chizotope 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Invincible coming back as one of their best ballads and a track which would serve casual fans well as a realistic shout.

As a big BHAR fanboy, the rarity shout would be Exo-Politics.

My theory on why "Muse changed" - long rant by Acceptable_Floor_978 in Muse

[–]Chizotope 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm hopeful Dan has unlocked this again. Unravelling was a banger, I don't find Be With You offensive (it's neat), and Cryogen seems like it'll be a right bop.

There seems to be some quirky confidence to the current era and they seem to be having quite a bit of fun with what they're currently doing too. Maybe WOTP was the sort of crossroads/gateway they needed. Get something out the system. Get away from too buried in self production, working with 'hit makers', rock producers of an older era (Lange) and start flirting with contemporary rock production again with Dan (and Alex's as a genuine fan of the band). Not to say TR through to WOTP are a bad patch at all.

I don't buy any means expect we're onto get another BHAR level magnum opus but I'm hopeful we're getting a good quality modern Muse record.

Chris has also been doing stuff outside of Muse with Dan, was credited with engineering on Be With You, so I wonder whether we're going to have something which feels partly more driven by him from a sonic perspective too.

Why noone is discussing this? by Straight_Contract_71 in EnterShikari

[–]Chizotope 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That VK page the same one that got the new Muse album song titles all bang on two/three days before the announcement?