Muse ‘Softer’ New Album Next Year
Muse will return with a potentially “softer” album next year, the band have revealed.
Drummer Dominic Howard and bassist Chris Wolstenholme spoke about the plan to NME at this afternoon’s (May 19) Ivor Novello Awards ceremony in London, where they won the International Achievement award.
After revealing that they were planning to put out the follow-up to 2009’s ‘The Resistance’ in 2012 Howard said that the album could mark a shift in style for the band. “Matt [Bellamy, frontman] showed me a few chords recently,” he said. “Who knows, it might be softer rock, but then it’s up to me and Chris to make it heavy again. A heavy rock lullaby! But I’m sure it will move forward in some way.”
Wolstenholme explained that the band had been jamming on the road ahead of sessions later this year. He added: “We’ve got Reading Festival [plus the Leeds Festival, with them set to headline both] in August and maybe a few weeks off after that. So September, October time we’ll get into the studio and start writing and working on the songs.”
Howard concluded: “It takes as long as it takes really, because you have to love it before you can just chuck it out there and into the real world. But definitely next year.”
Muse are planning to play their ‘Origin Of Symmetry’ album in full at the Reading And Leeds Festivals this summer, according to Matt Bellamy.
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noooooo they neeeed to bring back the rock all the fans want it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I love their heavy rock!!! I kinda like a mixture of soft and heavy too… like New Born. I’ll never get tired of ‘Time is Running out’
I love ‘Bliss’ and ‘Sunburn’ too. Ohhh I could keep going on and on…. (:
We all know their heavier stuff is epic but the softer direction gives more room for musical experimentation
I’m excited to see what gets turned out
Absolution is the best! Please don’t go Adult contemporary! It will kill me
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