The Atlanta rapper’s first solo record in 11 years preserves his seismic bars, but its sanctimonious undercurrent can make it hard to stomach With 3D Country, Geese have not only avoided a sophomore slump, they’ve also delivered one of the better New York rock albums of the past few years, taking hand-me-down sounds and twisting them in ways only they could imagineĪll at once theatrical, vicious, heartfelt and daring, Geese’s sophomore album is a brilliant, miraculous assemblage of stone cold rock ‘n’ roll With a newfound emphasis on dynamics and space, the Brooklyn group evolves from its gritty post-punk origins into a proudly outrageous jam bandīy refusing to stay in one lane Geese have evolved their sound already, which makes it all the more exciting to see where they go nextĪs much to do with Led Zeppelin or Creedence Clearwater Revival as it does Shame or Squid The cover of Simulation Theory looks like the poster to Ready Player One and Muse’s mining of the Eighties seems just as deep: a set of references that have already carried weight for yearsĪs art, it is immature and vacant. There’s obviously still an audience for Muse, given by the size of the venues they still sell out, and this will definitely please the die-hards, but most of Simulation Theory simply fizzles out without leaving much of an impressionĪn overly polished, politically paranoid mess The band's more-is-more mentality often drowns out their best qualities and moments This is Muse in 2018 – take them or leave them This is Muse very much in VR play mode, riffing hard on their love of 80s visual cultureĪ massive underachievement with respect to the band’s talent level, but at least they’re not lying to us about who they are anymore. Or Algorithm, with its none-more-jackbooted synth bass line, urgent stringsĮven when Muse almost become a parody act of themselves, they’re still thoroughly entertaining It’s still the less poppy moments that are most exciting: the cascading arpeggios of Blockades, giving way to furious power chords. There is enough here to suggest that Muse have found a new way forward. If a Muse album isn’t meant to make you laugh, gasp and double-take in its ridiculousness, then we don’t wanna hear it Simulation Theory largely sounds like the work of band who have the pressure off and are just going with it – definitely not a bad thing On their eighth album, the trio again pivot to the present, using current affairs, pop culture tropes, and contemporary electronics to aim for Spotify omnipotence It might be the band’s response to the collapse of Western democracy, it might be a response to being told to tidy their rooms - but they have rarely sounded so inspired Once more, they’ve turned up a kooky electronic rock fantasia that’s as wonderful as it is bonkers While Simulation Theory might appear to be overly polished mainstream trickery - all part of the simulation! - it's purely Muse at heart, successfully merging electronic-pop songcraft with their typically urgent, stadium rock foundation You’ll be ashamed to tell anyone how much you love it With space-age rockabilly and EDM machine gun beats, this bizarre new album sees Muse retreat from the real world and into a 'Tron'-style pastiche of their own adolescence. Sort by ADM rating Sort by most recent review
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |