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KVCH Monthly Music Review
By Brian Elwell

Muse broke into the US radio scene about six months ago with their song, “Time is Running Out.” Since then we haven’t heard anything from this British trio. Their newest CD, Absolution is fantastic to say the least, boasting 14 tracks of almost perfection. One of the most interesting features of Absolution is that most of the tracks are ether fully orchestrated, or have great piano accompaniment ny Matthew Bellamy who is also lead vocalist and plays guitar.

There isn’t any band Muse can be compared with, which is the beauty of it, when the mainstream of modern rock gets bland, Muse is one of those bands who go out there on a limb and tries for something different with their unique style of rock. The CD overall has a Carpe Diem kind of a theme with many of the songs saying to live your life to the fullest. The slightly younger band has been hitting the studio since 1999 and has come out with 4 long CDs since then. There really are no tracks to highlight because they are all equally good, with only one or two that I do not listen to. Muse gets a 4/5 for awesome writing musically and lyrically and putting together a sound package.