Resistance is Futile! "Fight The Power" is the theme to the new Muse album, the set that should finally make the superstars in the USA. Matt Bellamy and crew have delivered on the promise of their deliriously cool Black Holes and Revelations, opting to strike with the old fashioned concept album.
Our hero of "The Resistance" starts off the album shouting "They will not control us! We will be victorious" to a very We Will Rock You Theatrical beat during "Uprising." He rages against the machine and wonders if it's all worth it without love (the title track) before giving in to love ("I want to reconcile the violence in your heart," he coos) on "Undisclosed Desires." You likely know where all this is headed, but you'll still be surprised. There's plenty of defiant cries like "I want the truth!" or "I've traveled half the world to say I love you." sprinkled throughout "The Resistance," yet Muse makes it all sound fresh and fun again.
But then there's the coup d'grace. The three part mini-symphony "Exogenesis" would do proud by both Yes or Queen or even Emerson, Lake & Palmer. Rich on the Mozart and the prog, this just pushes Muse into a whole new world. Bellamy, bassist and backing vocalist Christopher Wolstenholme and drummer Dominic Howard can now soar as high as they'd like. "The Resistance" is the mark of a band that refuses to set limits; Muse are capably now blending rock, funk, progressive, alternative and classical in the scope of one CD. You can't fight it.
Our hero of "The Resistance" starts off the album shouting "They will not control us! We will be victorious" to a very We Will Rock You Theatrical beat during "Uprising." He rages against the machine and wonders if it's all worth it without love (the title track) before giving in to love ("I want to reconcile the violence in your heart," he coos) on "Undisclosed Desires." You likely know where all this is headed, but you'll still be surprised. There's plenty of defiant cries like "I want the truth!" or "I've traveled half the world to say I love you." sprinkled throughout "The Resistance," yet Muse makes it all sound fresh and fun again.
But then there's the coup d'grace. The three part mini-symphony "Exogenesis" would do proud by both Yes or Queen or even Emerson, Lake & Palmer. Rich on the Mozart and the prog, this just pushes Muse into a whole new world. Bellamy, bassist and backing vocalist Christopher Wolstenholme and drummer Dominic Howard can now soar as high as they'd like. "The Resistance" is the mark of a band that refuses to set limits; Muse are capably now blending rock, funk, progressive, alternative and classical in the scope of one CD. You can't fight it.
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