In terms of sound, Muse have achieved the impossible by successfully using every iconic Muse trait to completely alienate themselves from their entire repertoire. Simulation Theory seems so haphazard and incoherent that one can only assume Muse werenвЂ™t expecting much of an audience to listen beyond the singles. One channels the dark energy of a heavy metal band covering PrinceвЂ™s вЂKissвЂ™, while the other could pass as BoyzoneвЂ™s next comeback single. We will soon find this to be a recurring theme when identical ideologies and the abstract notion of impending doom feature once again in вЂPropagandaвЂ™ and вЂGet up and FightвЂ™. ItвЂ™s so vague it works on just about every controversy as the band keep their fingers in all the contemporary political pies from Trump to climate change. вЂThought ContagionвЂ™ is one of the strongest tracks on the album вЂ“ but that doesnвЂ™t say much вЂ“ with Bellamy belting on about вЂњfractured identitiesвЂќ, вЂњinfinite black skiesвЂ™ and a society вЂњbitten by false beliefsвЂќ.

Like many albums released by a British artist in the past year, critics have uncovered an elaborate anti-Brexit agenda somewhere amidst the circus of synthesisers.

By Christine Costello 0 Muse вЂ“ Simulation TheoryДЇrom pollution and dirty talk to Harry Potter references and riffs straight out of вЂ™90s Europop, MuseвЂ™s latest album, Simulation Theory, has the energetic, revolutionary spirit of an album that has no idea what or who itвЂ™s revolting against.

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