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The Resistance "Muse reach for heights that most earthly bands rarely dare." They will not force us. They will not degrade us. We will be victorious... So says Muse's next single, 'Uprising', the first to be taken from their fifth studio album'The Resistance'. Released on 14th September 2009, 'The Resistance' was recorded in Northern Italy over the course of the last year and was produced by the band themselves, and mixed by Mark 'Spike' Stent. 'Uprising' is released one week earlier and the band tours through the UK in November. Naturally, every ticket sold out within minutes of release. That's the basics: what you need to know. What you will be asking is... where will Muse take us with this new album? Does 'The Resistance' mark a departure from their previous epic releases 'Absolution' (2003) and 'Black Holes and Revelations' (2006)? Or does it form a triptych with these challenging, thoughtful, super-massive albums? In some sense, Muse do both. In terms of sound and sonic vision 'The Resistance' is their most ambitious long-player yet, which is clearly saying something. They have blown up the robo-funk/monster riff/stadium space rock sound of 'Black Holes' and widened their viewfinder even further to take in an even greater horizon of sound. For Muse, reverting to a successful template would be simply meaningless. As singer-guitarist Matt Bellamy told Mojo magazine recently, "There are some tracks that really take an influence from contemporary R&B, particularly [the producer] Timbaland - heavy beats, syncopation, very melodic, rhythmic vocals. Dom Howard - [the drummer] has done all the drum programming. By the end the album's almost purely classical in style. It's not orchestration you'd normally expect from a rock band and we've done all the arranging and scoring. We've just been in Milan doing the orchestral recording with about 40 musicians - great players and really up for experimentation." Matt is talking here about 'Exogenesis' - a symphony in three parts: surely their most ambitious, impressive statement yet.
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This will be my 4th time seeing Muse!! Awesome band, especially for only three band members!! Super talented!!
Karen Carlile Gardner , about 1 year agoVoodoo will be my 5th time to see MUSE perform live this year. Just got done seeing them at ACL. A good amount of talk was being said prior to ACL about Muse not being a good choice for a headliner, but once you see them live, you will understand.
JabOfThePave , about 1 year agoI DIDN'T REALIZE UNTIL JUST NOW, BUT I LOVE THIS F-ING BAND!
raychel1973 , about 1 year agoLooking forward to their set @ VOODOO! Gonna' be A bitchin' weekend!
Correy Faust , about 1 year agoThe land will smile, the sun will shine, the air will clear, and the water will plenish at the anticipation of your arrival. You are so welcome! Cannot wait to see and hear you, live.
Chonrie Lemieux , about 1 year agoWill be my First Time seeing them, can't wait!!!
c_white9020 , about 1 year agoreally really really wants to see them live its gonna be freaking amazing i love the new song they did 4 eclipse.....
Emi Harrison , about 1 year agoLOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE THEM! So freakin talented! If you took the musicality of Pink Floyd and the genius of Freddie Mercury and brought them into the now...it would be MUSE!!!
staciewatts , about 1 year agoGreatest Live Band in the World today ).
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