ECLECTICISM AND GENIUS: THE 2nd LAW

The world’s losing its energy, we are losing our energy.. and how can we defeat this huge economic world crisis? This is where the title of the upcoming Muse’s album, The 2^nd Law, comes from, referring especially to the second principle of thermodynamics. The main theme, as Mattew Bellamy’s pointed out in an interview for the Italian magazine XL, is the struggle. But, after the trailer and the two singles released on the market (Survival and Madness), I really didn’t know what to expect. It all got very confusing…  Because that is just the main theme… there are many actually… from the love for your girlfriend (Madness)to your wish to protect your new born baby (Follow Me), from the importance of your family (Save Me) to more political songs (Animals). All is mixed up with many music genres: not only do they use usual Rock’n’Roll stuff (guitar, bass and drums), but they involve as well classical instruments as strings (Rodrigo D’Erasmo from Afterhours is actually playing the violin in two tracks, Survival and Explorers), electronic music, dub step and funky influence. For example, Panic Station... it sounds so funky and so 80s I couldn’t help moving and dancing while listening to it! I actually asked myself who I was listening to… Skrillex? Queen? Primus? But from the massive start of the opening track, Supremacy, dominated by Matt’s guitar and Dom’s drums, I recognized the Great Muse’s sound. Yes, Great! Because this album sounds like something epic, like Unsustainable… it’s even unsettling!

It’s a really eclectic album, co-produced by the Italian producer Tommaso Colliva, which (surprise!) features a couple of songs written and sung by bassist Chris after his recover from alcoholism and personal problems, Save Me and Liquid State.

I MUST run and buy it in October!

PS: The preview of The 2^nd Law is still available on La Repubblica website still for a few hours, I guess!  But it DESERVES to be listened to…