New Muse Single: “Supermassive Black Hole”
To preface: Yes, I know Stereogum just posted this, but I’ve had this post written for two days (I just wanted to give Anathallo some time at the top of the page) and I feel like I might as well still post it. Plus, there’s some sweet mash up goodness included here.
So, last week or so I posted that Muse would be releasing the lead single from their upcoming fourth full-length album, titled Black Holes and Revelations, in the first week at June, and that I’d be sure to get it to you guys as soon as it was released/leaked. However, the song leaked this weekend and (as a result?) the single’s release date has been pushed up to, well, today. Beginning today in the UK, the single, titled “Supermassive Black Hole”, will be available on iTunes and at all CD retailers and whatnot.
After a couple run throughs of the track, I’m not completely sold. I much prefer the piano/keyboard-based epic rock of songs like “Butterflies & Hurricanes” and “Bliss”, and “Supermassive Black Hole” airs much more on the side of dancier glam-rock. In fact, vocals aside, the song sounds exactly like it could just be a dance remix of “Time Is Running Out”, the song that brought Muse up and out from the depths of obscurity on this side of the pond. I mean seriously, and especially at the beginning, it’s just like they kept the same melody and transposed a club-friendly dance beat onto it. I’m still not sure how I feel about it, but I remain fairly optimistic for the quality of Black Holes and Revelations (apparently lead singer Matt Bellamy said there was a song even more over-the-top and bombastic then “Butterflies & Hurricanes”, which would be, well, amazing), which drops in the UK on June 12th. Check it out for yourself below, and again, if you’re a representative of Muse and would like me to remove the song, just contact me and I will take it down without resistance.
MP3: “Supermassive Black Hole” - Muse
Big thanks to Taylor from Music For Kids Who Can’t Read Good, who hooked me up with this track.
UPDATE: In the comments, Iain from Delete As Appropriate brought to my attention that apparently “Supermassive Black Hole” has been getting a lot of comparisons to Britney Spears “Do Something”. Now I don’t specifically remember hearing the Spears track (though its probably been playing in the background at a party or club I’ve been to or something), the two songs are definitely very similar, and as proof of this someone on the Muse forums (credited as Citizen Erased) created a really well-done mash up of the two songs, which you can and should check out below. The song came with the generic title “Supermassive Black Hole vs. Do Something”, so I’ve taken the liberty of renaming it in typical mash up style, to “Do Something Supermassive”, I hope nobody minds.
MP3: “Do Something Supermassive” - Muse vs. Britney Spears