Muse To Release New Single In June
My favorite arena-rockers, Muse, who put on one of the ten best live shows I’ve ever witnessed when I saw them two years ago at the 9:30 Club in DC, have just announced the details of their comeback single, “Supermassive Black Hole”, which will be out June 19th in the UK (and way before that on the blogs, I imagine). Their as-yet-untitled fourth album will follow on July 3rd, and though no US release date has been confirmed, I imagine we shouldn’t have to wait too long, as Muse achieved mild success and radio play with Absolution in the US the last time around. Singer Matt Bellamy, who consistently manages to sound absolutely flawless live, hinted at a shift in sound for Muse, saying:
“I was going out dancing in clubs around New York. That helped create tracks like ‘Supermassive Black Hole’. Franz [Ferdinand] have done it very well, with that dance type beat going on mixed with alternative guitar and I’ve always wanted to find that.”
So, considering my undying love for dance rock, I’m definitely looking forward to hearing this. While unfortunately I don’t have their upcoming single for you (yet), I do have two of Muse’s pre-Absolution singles, their two finest songs in my opinion, which could easily have been overlooked by you American readers, seeing as Origin of Symmetry didn’t see a US release until long after Absolution came out here. “New Born” (awesome intro) and “Bliss” (check out that piano/synth line) are my two favorite Muse songs, so hopefully some of you non-UK folk will discover them for the first time and enjoy them as much as I do.
MP3s:
“New Born” - Muse [highly recommended]
“Bliss” - Muse [highly recommended]