The New Muse Album

[Total U2 Nut]

Anyone heard any of it, and what do you guys think of the new single (released next week, I think) "Supermassive Black Hole".

I quite like it, Bellamy's gone way overboard on the falsetto, but the more I listen to it, the more I like it..... catchy.

 

[LJT]

It has leaked and it is great

The leak is not the greatest quality mind...certainly quite listenable though.

Take a Bow, City of Delusion, Invincible, Map of the Problematique are all favourites so far.

Hoodoo is quite different, has a good bit of Spanish guitar.

 

[U2IrishOne]

After hearing the single, and seeing the video, I'm not sure what to think, but I'm fully into giving the album all the chance possible.

 

[LJT]

After hearing the single, and seeing the video, I'm not sure what to think, but I'm fully into giving the album all the chance possible.

I love SMBH but I reckon the rest of the album is better and quite different from Supermassive.

 

[discothequeLP]

im getting the album right now . but i've heard supermassive black hole and i think it's fantastic

 

[martha]

When will it be released?

 

[bsp77]

When will it be released?

July 3 in the UK. July 11 in the US.

BTW, Supermassive Black Hole will not be the first single in the US, it will be Knights of Cydonia. Both songs are amazing, so whatever. I had thought they were doing that because Supermassive Black Hole is so weird, but I certainly wouldn't consider Knights of Cydonia to be normal.

 

[martha]

Maybe when they tour with this one, I won't have to miss them because it's a school night.

 

[elevation2u]

how old are you??
that came off the wrong way, are you a student? a teacher? have kids? some kind of vampire?

answer me, martha.
what's the deaaaal with all this school night nonsense?

 

[Queen Bee]

The leak is not the greatest quality mind...certainly quite listenable though.

How's the quality on a scale from 1 to 10? I might just wait until I have the real thing in my possession. Not that I'm an audiophile or anything

 

[Axver]

How's the quality on a scale from 1 to 10? I might just wait until I have the real thing in my possession. Not that I'm an audiophile or anything

If 10 is crystal clear studio quality, 5 is a normal audience bootleg, and 1 is clips of U2 songs recorded by talkative Spanish fans in Eze, I'd say it's about a 7-8. The leak I've downloaded is nothing special, not as clear or crisp as I'd like even though the MP3s are 320kbps, but still satisfactorily listenable.

How much of this is the actual production and how much is an imperfect rip, I'm not sure.

 

[LJT]

Somebody mentioned the rip had been equalised and was in mono...a better rip is bound to be out soonish though.

 

[martha]

a teacher? ... some kind of vampire?

I teach elementary school, and if I'm gone due to staying out too late, I usually have to reteach everything when I get back. I can't effectively teach tired, so I like to only miss school for U2 or Bruce (and the occasional Rolling Stones show).

 

[elevation2u]

aha,
now it all makes sense

 

[martha]

I have a friend who gives me an endless hard time about it. She thinks I should just suck it up.

 

[Total U2 Nut]

For those of you not wanting to buy the album, here's a link to where it's been leaked;

http://www.mininova.org/tor/333940

I'm so very tempted to download it, but I'm gonna wait 'til it comes out and buy it then

 

[Total U2 Nut]

Sorry, doublepost

 

[Total U2 Nut]

Make that triplepost - sorry....

 

[martha]

Make that triplepost - sorry....

Bad karma for encouraging us to download instead of buy.

 

[bsp77]

I have now heard five streaming songs (feel less guilty when it is just streaming):

Take a Bow
Starlight
Supermassive Black Hole
Exo-Politics
Knights of Cydonia

Unless the other 6 songs suck, this album is gonna be

 

[Axver]

Well, after listening to the album, I'm disappointed. Nothing at all stood out to me as excellent, and some of it was simply bad.

Glad I hadn't got my hopes up or anything.

 

[bsp77]

Well, after listening to the album, I'm disappointed. Nothing at all stood out to me as excellent, and some of it was simply bad.

Glad I hadn't got my hopes up or anything.

Did you listen to Knights of Cydonia?

 

[Axver]

Did you listen to Knights of Cydonia?

Yes. Wasn't very taken by it on the first listen, especially given the way I've seen it hyped.

Ah well, at least I can still go back and enjoy songs like Hysteria and Stockholm Syndrome.

 

[Total U2 Nut]

Glad I hadn't got my hopes up or anything.

Is it really that bad? I like the songs I've heard, but I'm hanging on 'til it comes out rather than downloading (it makes me feel like a better fan ).....

How would you rate it in comparison with their other albums?

 

[LJT]

^I think it is pretty good, wouldn't say it was as good as the last two though, but still great listening...Take A Bow, City of Delusion, Map of the Problematique and Hoodoo are all personal favourites as well as Starlight.

 

[Axver]

Is it really that bad? I like the songs I've heard, but I'm hanging on 'til it comes out rather than downloading (it makes me feel like a better fan ).....

How would you rate it in comparison with their other albums?

I wouldn't say it's bad; rather, I think it's best described as mediocre and average. I expected better from Muse, and I don't think this is as good as what's come before.

By the way, the live performance they did recently of Map Of The Problematique was way better than the studio version.

 

[Total U2 Nut]

^ Oh, right... well, mediocre is better than bad... and I see that LJT thinks it's alright, so I guess I'm gonna have to wait and see....

Can't wait 'til it's released

 

[Queen Bee]

The US/Canada tour dates have been announced!

JULY
18th - Concourse at SF Design Center San Francisco CA
19th - Greek Theater Los Angeles CA
21st - Soma San Diego
22nd - Celebrity Theatre Phoenix AZ
24th - Fillmore Auditorium Denver CO
26th - State Theater Minneapolis
27th - Aragon Ballroom Chicago
28th - State Theater Detroit
30th - Docks Concert Hall Toronto ON
31st - Jacques Cartier Quay Montreal QC

AUGUST
02 Fleet Pavillion Boston
03 Hammerstein Ballroom New York NY
04 Electric Factory Philadelphia PA
06 Tabernacle Atlanta GA

 

[martha]

The US/Canada tour dates have been announced!

JULY
19th - Greek Theater Los Angeles CA
21st - Soma San Diego

I wonder what time my flight arrives back home on July 19th?

21st--Raconteurs that night

 

[martha]

I could do Phoenix between the Raconteurs and Gnarls Barkley.