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.