[Music] Muse - The 2nd Law
One of my favourite bands ever since I started to listen to music that wasn’t orchestral or on the radio, Muse have somewhat defied categorization and pigeonholing. Almost a spiritual successor to prog-rockers in my mind (which makes me wonder why my Dad doesn’t like them), they’ve never been short of ideas, inventiveness, or character. Nor have they been short on bombast and portentous lyrics, and their work has always been rather bleak and apocalyptic in tone. Listening to their previous 5 studio albums in order clearly shows the growth in both experience and confidence that the band has undergone. “Showbiz” was a favourite from the start, but has rather been superceded by their more recent work, “Origins of Symmetry” I disliked initially but has since grown on me immensely, whilst “Absolution” sees the band start to experiment with different instruments, styles and sounds, and has a couple of stand-out tracks. “Blackholes and Revelations” was, in my opinion, the heigh...