Hard rock. The artwork here is real heavy-handed and doesn’t leave much to the imagination. Muse has never shied away from talking about fascism and governments overstepping their bounds (see The Resistance (2009) and The 2nd Law (2012)) but this artwork made sure no one would misunderstand them.

    • reevEnglish
      3·
      23 天前

      If you haven’t been to a concert and get the chance to, I can only recommend it! They always put up a good show.

    • Aatube@kbin.melroy.org
      11·
      23 天前

      The other commenter here must love mumble rap

      No. In fact, I love their 2nd to 5th albums and the middle songs on this album, and I like The 2nd Law and half of Simulation Theory.

      not understand the relevance of the album art & their music

      I do. But having a great and ambitious idea doesn’t necessarily mean the execution is good. I find this album art incredibly plastic, and as an anarchist gearing up for this month’s model congress I know way better album covers negatively depicting authority.

  • Aatube@kbin.melroy.org
    513·
    23 天前

    Oh god, my eyes.

    Okay, the album art is cringe. There’s no going around it. It is cringe and embarrassing. Its so bad that every piece of “alternative art” made by the fans is better than it. It’s so bad that there are MULTIPLE online articles just talking about how bad it is, one of them even going viral with the devastatingly satirical headline “Muse Album Cover Sparks the Collapse of Capitalism”. Damn, brutal. But it’s not like it’s undeserved. Muse have had some questionable album art in the past, but this was a new low. If this were released today there would have been thousands of “we live in a society” memes making fun of this thing. It looks like it was made by a teenager who takes themselves too seriously and thinks they’re deeper than they actually, which…is actually quite fitting