Black Holes & Revelations

Artist: Muse
Album: Black Holes and Revelations
Genre: Alt. Rock
Label: Helium 3

If you've never heard of Muse before it's OK; we still love you. But you need to know, there's two types of people in this world, those who have never heard of Muse, and those who are absolutely in love with Muse (and then there's this girl I know who has zero taste in music). Muse could not be a more accurate name for this band because somewhere in the cluster of amazing I'll call their instrumentals and lyrics was born the perfect track layout for Alt. Rock. It's really easy to get emotionally sucked into these tracks; they can take you anywhere from being exhaustively relaxed or so hopped up on adrenaline that driving 110 mph down a back country road still isn't fast enough. They use the same instruments as any other alt. rock band, they just have the right combo for the next level.

Taken Best: Whenever, they'd make a good soundtrack to a satirical "end of the world".

It's hard to pick out a single from the album, while some tracks do stand out more than others I decided to pick a track you may have heard before that may spark the "OHHHH I've heard this before, I love them!" reflex. "Supermassive Black Hole" . If this is your first exposure to Muse, let me be the first to welcome you to the second group of people previously mentioned.

Now, the main reason I chose Muse for tonight is because they're coming out with a new album next month (September 15th... I promise to review this album within 48 hours of it's release) The two tracks currently released are "United States of Eurasia" (oddly Queen reminiscent) and "Uprising" (the beginning sounds like the Doctor Who theme) off their new album "The Resistance".

I've decided to remove my rating system as you should assume all the albums I review are 4.5+ on a scale out of 5.0 unless I say otherwise.

Check out the Muse discography, you'll find something you're in love with on all of them. For a similar artist I'd recommend Radiohead.