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Shaun
06-06-2012, 05:28 PM
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Muse have unveiled the trailer for their new studio album, which looks set to be titled 'The 2nd Law'. To watch the trailer, scroll down to the bottom of the page and click.

The trailer features a compilation of news footage over a musical backdrop, which initially begins as an ornate, classical piece in the style of track's like 'Butterflies & Hurricanes' before morphing into a full-on dubstep track.

The trailer ends with the words 'The 2nd Law' and 'September 2012' being shown as the music fades out.

The news footage features an actress reciting lines seem to be derived from the second law of thermodynamics. This is the study of energy and how it transfers between forms.

Muse frontman Matt Bellamy also tweeted the lines, which read as follows: "All natural and technological processes proceed in such a way that the availability of the remaining energy decreases. In all energy exchanges, if no energy enters or leaves an isolated system, the entropy of that system incre,cre,cre,cre,c,c,creases."

He continued: "Energy continuously flows from being concentrated, to becoming dispersed, spread out, wasted and useless. New energy cannot be created and high grade energy is being destroyed. An economy based on endless growth is..."

Reaction online has mixed, with Twitter reaction ranging from @LuLou's ''I'm not going to judge the entire album on one two minute video, but I'm not optimistic'' to @beebobette, who wrote: "No seriously, this is sounding incredible. Once it got to that 1:30 point, I was about to have an aneurysm."

The band's new album is the follow-up to 2009's 'The Resistance' and has been recorded in London.

Little has been revealed about the album so far, but the band have said that they are working on an orchestral score with composer David Campbell, who has previously worked with Radiohead on '15 Step' and U2's Broadway musical Spiderman: Turn Off The Dark.

Muse bassist Chris Wolstenholme has previously said that the band want to do "something radically different" on their new album.

Shaun
06-06-2012, 05:31 PM
Oh no... they're going dubstep :(

Jayson
25-06-2012, 02:28 AM
Only just saw the trailer yesterday... if they go dubstep I will ****ing cry. Why change your sound if it's ticking all the boxes? :(

King Gizzard
25-06-2012, 02:31 AM
i can't contain my excitement

Shaun
27-06-2012, 12:03 AM
Muse are set to debut their brand new single, 'Unsustainable', tomorrow (June 27) evening on BBC Radio 1, reports Muselive.com.

The station will premiere the track at 7.30pm (BST) on Zane Lowe's show. The track is rumoured to be linked to the Olympics. For more information visit bbc.co.uk/radio1.

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Jayson
27-06-2012, 12:41 PM
omg omg omg

If it's dubstep then :mad:

If not then :amazed:

Jayson
27-06-2012, 12:52 PM
"We are very excited to announce that a Muse song, Survival, has been selected by the London Olympic committee to be the main official song for the London 2012 Olympic Games."

Posted 9 mins ago on their Facebook thingy :amazed:

So does that mean the one tonight isn't gonna have anything to do with the Olympics, or is Survival the one that will be on R1? :suspect:

Jayson
27-06-2012, 06:14 PM
Almost 7:30, shame I have to listen to Zane Lowe while waiting but whatever it's just about worth it.

Jayson
27-06-2012, 06:38 PM
Wow, 4 posts in a row. I feel lonely.

What a tune. Amazing. So ****ing glad it wasn't dubstep + hopefully they keep the same sort of tone as Survival for most of the album. So good that they're finally back :amazed:

Shaun
27-06-2012, 06:46 PM
:laugh2: -makes Jayson feel less lonely-

Shaun
27-06-2012, 06:50 PM
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Not sure if Unsustainable was played

Jayson
27-06-2012, 06:53 PM
It wasn't, I'm guessing your source got mixed up with the song titles :hmph:

What do you thing about Survival then?

Shaun
27-06-2012, 06:54 PM
it was NME :p they should know better :hmph:

Shaun
27-06-2012, 06:54 PM
and I'll listen now hai/

Jayson
27-06-2012, 06:55 PM
It wasn't, I'm guessing your source got mixed up with the song titles :hmph:

What do you thing about Survival then?

think*

The excitement has compromised my spelling.

Shaun
27-06-2012, 06:58 PM
arrangement's really nice, but the lyrics are a bit corny. I like it though.

Niall
27-06-2012, 06:59 PM
I really like this. :amazed: The choir is a bit tacky though.

Jayson
27-06-2012, 07:02 PM
Yeah I wasn't expecting the lyrics to be much cop, this is for the Olympics after all. Great anthem though, and I seem to be alone in saying that I enjoyed the prelude.

Callum
27-06-2012, 08:20 PM
Really like it, very epic production. Look forward to their new album.

Tom4784
28-06-2012, 08:06 AM
It's not bad, I've not really warmed upto it yet.

Jayson
04-07-2012, 03:05 PM
Music video:

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Marc
04-07-2012, 03:29 PM
Oh no... they're going dubstep :(

Just imagine how epic those songs will sound though :amazed:

I like this song

Jayson
30-07-2012, 07:30 PM
New album cover for 2nd Law (just make this the 2nd Law thread)

http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/557885_10151011791038725_1036477807_n.jpg

All I can say is I don't understand the message they are trying to convey but it looks quite pretty.

Mystic Mock
30-07-2012, 07:59 PM
Muse are awesome.

Shaun
30-07-2012, 09:35 PM
this whole "we're putting science into our music" stuff is getting quite tired now. But surely T2L can't be worse than the Resistance.

Jayson
30-07-2012, 11:45 PM
Resistance was brilliant, Shaun :shocked:

What didn't you like about it?

Shaun
30-07-2012, 11:51 PM
its lack of good songs? :tongue:

Jayson
30-07-2012, 11:59 PM
Which songs didn't you like?

Jayson
31-07-2012, 12:00 AM
Bear in mind that I want full and reasoned answers here, Shaun. This will make an impact on your final grade.

Shaun
31-07-2012, 12:06 AM
I remember the only ones I liked were MK Ultra, the one with the French title (Mon coeur s'ouvre toi or whatever) and Uprising, and the Exogenesis lot was nice but, let's face it, nobody wants a classical trilogy on a rock album.

I hated Undisclosed Desires and Unnatural Selection

Jayson
31-07-2012, 12:15 AM
The Resistance though? How could you not like the paino on that?

Shaun
31-07-2012, 12:17 AM
-farts into a bag and makes a better song-

Shaun
31-07-2012, 12:17 AM
idk I was just disappointed because it was so much worse than OoS, Absolution and BHaR.

Jayson
31-07-2012, 12:20 AM
I thought it was better than Absolution on the whole and that it was on par with Origin.

But anyway, yes I hope The 2nd Law is good... and has no dubstep on it.

Shaun
31-07-2012, 02:10 AM
***** u high