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WILL OF THE PEOPLE

Muse

 

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alainPP
5 stars MUSE, MUSE controversial because they bring people to stadiums, says it all. The band that is also capable of creating unstoppable melodies that everyone thinks they've heard before, MUSE is that band that bothers because many don't want to see the prog blood flowing in it...and the most interesting thing is that are those who criticize and who have not listened to it, misery!!

'Will of the People' frenetic pop with an unstoppable rhythm, a synthetic sound that risks making the first fans leave but making those who understand their approach stay. Aerial synth for 'Compliance' and killer chorus, the thing to listen to in the stadium... because yes it's one of the last bands to fill the stadiums currently, in short otherwise it's the chorus of hell and... .in the stadium it's just huge. Piano arpeggio for 'Liberation' and a voice like MERCURY from the QUEENs, it's grandiloquent but that's how it is, MUSE pumps high, does it excessively and assumes it, magnificent. 'Won't Stand Down' goes back to that heavy synthetic sound, its current sound which means that this band is still snubbed by the progs who will inevitably die without questioning themselves and will not have understood MUSE, sorry!! The riff is good, the phrasing catchy, so why sulk? 'Ghosts (How Can I Move On)' an unstoppable, overstated yet beautiful piano melody; the opportunity to insist on the fact that Matthew is not only a good guitarist! 'You Make Me Feel Like It's Halloween' entertaining little nursery rhyme, fresh as the morning dew a bit saucy and cinematic. 'Kill or Be Killed' when MUSE meets METALLICA and it goes immensely well, no matter what; the 2nd title which makes this album a must. 'Verona' and her electro, cathedral voice, MUSE is also that, they know what it takes to find the right melody, even with a simple keyboard, 3rd beautiful title! (Small digression for those who don't see beauty, it's often much simpler than you think and closer to you without realizing it.) 'Euphoria' returns to the MUSE sound with amplified, layered and phrasing that risks exploding in all directions; So prog or not, related?! "We Are Fucking Fucked" well it's said! A last title that does not cause me, like what I do not find any good. A little grated phrasing I think yes I am proguous too; The break is on the other hand completely barred and pleasant, taking up a little madness in the concentrate of the title.

MUSE has made an album that really isn't that bad, that takes the liberty of sending you very far in a track even if it's only 3 minutes long; Today's prog will go through this time restriction in the titles, MUSE that some have confessed to me saying 'it's not terrible' when they hadn't listened to it... where is the world going?

alainPP | 5/5 |

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