“modern anxieties, and their best music in years”
“Muse’s Matt Bellamy has been writing songs about a dystopian near-future for years, so it seemed strange when, well into the age of Trump and Brexit, he reined in his lyrical excesses for 2018’s Simulation Theory. He has rediscovered his paranoid mojo for the band’s ninth album – and how… Will of the People confronts variously the rise of populism and dictatorships (the title track), wildfires, ea”
“Working under the auspices of another vague, dystopian narrative, the UK band slaps a shiny new label on the grafted remains of better songs and calls it the ninth Muse album.”
“First things first: more bands should be silly. Being in a band is quite silly when you think about it, and that’s part of the appeal. For all their faults – and believe me, we’ll get to them – Muse at least understand that much, and that’s one reason to like them. You can feel the ‘but’ coming, can’t you? Anyway, Matt Bellamy and his little mates are back with Will of the People, and it’s really”
