The Wow! Signal
Muse · Alternative Rock
“Siz yigirma yil Black Holes 2 ni va'da qildingiz va oxir-oqibat isbotlangansiz, ya'ni sizning buyuk qaytishingiz siz kimchi bo'lganingizning davomi.”
Matt, siz yigirma yil davomida Black Holes and Revelations 2 yozmangizni tahdid qildingiz, va The Wow! Signal da siz buni oxir-oqibat qildingiz, kritiklar buni yigirma yil ichida eng yaxshi albom deb atashadi va Sally buni kosmik don ichidagi orqa tomon tiklanish deb atashadi. Metacritic da 76, NME kosmik rok ikonalarining shaklga qaytayotganiga maftun, kattaroq biror narsa bilan aloqasi haqida kosmik tushuncha. Bu haqiqatan sizning eng muvofiq va eng ko'paytirilmagan rekordingiz, va bu ko'p o'z sabablari sizning sun'iy intellekt fanning yozilmasini to'xtatishingiz va haqiqiy inson yurakni qo'yganligingizdir. Chunki ochiq sirli bo'lsa, bu rozni bo'ladi. Will of the People ning poh-man tinchligidan va Simulation Theory ning simulyatsiya cosplay dan ozod bo'lib, siz yana insoniy ovozida esitilasiz. The Dark Forest kuchli boshlanadi, Hexagons haqiqiy Pink Floyd Steven Wilson uchrashuviga ega yuksak barobarni va Nightshift Superstar ning neon disco-funk siz hali ham hech narsa uchun stadion qurilashi mumkinligini isbotlaydi. Muse maqsad qo'yganda, Muse hali ham urinadi. Sonra ikkinchi yarmasi sayyohlikka boradigan ekangidek. Space Debris - bu zerikarli tortilishi beshta yarim minut davomida hech narsa qurilmasdan o'tadi, Be With You - bu sekin va hejronilik balada kim Muse dan xohlamadi, va fanolatbek formulani o'z-o'zining parodiyasi sifatida o'qish mumkinligini tan oladi. Yigirma yilda eng yaxshi - bu haqiqiy poylobotka. Bu sizga ham jim-jim so'ngi yigirma yil qanday o'tganini aytib beradi.
Chindan ham sizning eng to'plamlanmish va emosional ravishda juda sidqatli albomi bu avlod uchun. Tushuncha trikalarini haqiqiy tuyg'u bilang almashtirish sizga yaxshi, va uning cho'qqisida bu sizni dastlab sevib qutqazgan guruhdir.
The back half drifts into space
“Reviewers singled out Space Debris as a dull plod that meanders for five and a half minutes without building to anything, and Be With You as slow and soppy.”
The fix Cut the filler. A tight 9 track version of this is a triumph; the bloat is the only thing dragging it back to earth.
The formula edges toward self-parody
“Even sympathetic fans concede the Muse template can read as paint-by-numbers parody of itself, big falsetto, bigger riff, cosmic dread on repeat.”
The fix Keep chasing the human angle that powers this record, not the stadium reflexes. The divorce wrote your best songs here, not the synth presets.
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