First Impressions: Muse - The 2nd Law

3/10, but I am going to keep editing this throughout today because I have no classes.
Supremacy
James Bond theme Kashmir string stabs. Couldn't remember what it was for ages; how embarrassing.

Madness
Coldplay, Prince, Queen, etc. Guitar solo sounds out of place and more than a little half-assed.

Panic Station
Sounds a lot like this. Also a bit of "Another One Bites The Dust" and "Superstition" in there.

Prelude
Sounds like some movie theme, but I can't remember which...

Survival
Horrific. Garners comparisons to musical theatre, but musical theatre isn't this bad.

Follow Me
Weak dubstep backing and a lack of anything interesting. According to this interview it was produced by Nero, which explains a lot.

Animals
Screenager v2. Not terrible so far. Hooray for random crowd noises?

Explorers
zzzz. It definitely sounds exactly like something else and I must find it.

Big Freeze
U2.

Save Me
Apparently it's Chris singing this? He sounds good. Thanks to the people of Last.fm for bringing this to my attention.

Liquid State
If you like emo music, you'll love this. Sounds like Foo Fighters, I guess. That's what everybody else is saying.

Unsustainable
Still a contender for the worst song I've heard this year.

Isolated System
The melody from Prelude is back, along with those voice clips from Unsustainable. Eh.

Tuesday 25 September 2012
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