2/16/2024 0 Comments Muse simulation theory filmYour typical traditional rock sound is certainly not as predominant as it used to be, so that’s one of the probably conscious decisions to be a bit more experimental instrumentally on this album. Now there are no rock bands in the top 40. But yeah, there are definitely a number of opinions as to where and what rock music is these days, because it’s not 1991 anymore. I think we’ve done that in the past, because “The Second Law” before “Drones” was a bit more experimental in that kind of way, too. But we’ve felt recently that that approach doesn’t always work for us on a record, so we flip-flopped from the last album being very rock. And I feel like that is always going to stay roughly within those boundaries. HOWARD: When we play live, it is what it is: a big rock show with loud drums and guitars and riffs and a kind of spectacle. I guess we’re in the paradox between those two worlds. We’re an act that is still interested in that previous way of doing things, where people learn their skills and their instruments and they work together as a team to create something bigger, versus the current mentality, which is more like the programmer genius on his or her laptop that is making some amazing code or piece of music all on their own. We’re a band that’s in that sort of transitional period between a 50-year cycle of rock music and what could be now the beginning of a new 50-year cycle of laptop-based or programmed music. We did do that (traditional rock sound) on purpose on the last album (“Drones”), but I think this album is a more colorful interpretation of our songs than the previous album… The guitar is still very much there it’s just when it’s there, it’s featured. That prospect delighted some fans and worried others.īELLAMY: I think we live in a time where there’s no particular reason to limit yourselves instrumentation-wise to just guitar, bass and drums. VARIETY: From the first singles you released prior to this album, it became evident that “Simulation Theory” was gong to turn down the guitars, turn up the synths and be less of a rock ‘n’ roll-sounding album. It’s a must-buy - and some hardcore Muse fans may even prefer this idiosyncratic bonus disc to the core album.) (By the way, that particular track, a version of “Pressure,” can only be found on the two-CD/”super deluxe” version of the album, which includes a whole disc of alternate takes that are either quieter and subtler or stranger and more flamboyant than the regular album versions. Also up for discussion: their love for the sounds as well as sights of John Carpenter movies how programming is taking over the world why the human element will overtake the digital one on their forthcoming tour and how they came to collaborate with the UCLA Bruins marching band. Variety spoke with singer/guitarist Matt Bellamy and drummer Dominic Howard in separate interviews (combined here) about why they felt the need to make such a dramatic stylistic shift between albums. Whereas the last album, 2015’s “Drones,” had co-producer Mutt Lange bringing the guitar noise, you may be able to tell by the credits for brief assists on this one by Timbaland, Shellback and Mike Elizondo that they’re going for something that isn’t necessarily a retrograde version of what a rock album should be. Just one caveat: they aren’t sounding so rock on this one. Remember rock bands? You can be forgiven if you don’t, in this day and age, but one of the very few great and viable ones of the 21 stcentury, Muse, is back to save the day with “Simulation Theory,” their first album in three and a half years.
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