Muse’s new album starts off normal enough with “Uprising”, a new anthem for the revolution (they will not control us/they will not be victorious). Well, it’s normal for them… for any other band other than Queen, this would be too bombastic. But that’s Muse. They had finally won me over with “Black Holes and Revelations”, which was almost impossible to top and then they go on and make me think of them as a bunch of wankers once again.
Because rather than playing it safe and rehashing that album, they’ve gone all the way with this one and unfortunately that’s a bit too far. By producing the album themselves there was no producer present to reign them in, which is how come you end up with a 3-part classical symphony at the end of the album. Yes, symphony… and it does nothing but annoy me. Same thing with “United States Of Eurasia”… it’s so over the top that if you’d dig up Freddie Mercury, you’d find even him frowning.
The opener is okay, the title track is really good and “Undisclosed Desires” is the perfect example of how you can fuse electronics and guitars together to one irresistible song. Unfortunately that’s the first three song on “The Resistance” and it’s all downhill from there.
Score: 6 out of 10
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