Muse share ‘Compliance’, their new single released alongside the announcement of their long-awaited ninth studio album Will Of The People, out August 26 via Warner Records.
On the band’s new single, singer and guitarist Matt Bellamy says, “‘Compliance’ is about submission to authoritarian rules and reassuring untruths to be accepted to an in-group. Gangs, governments, demagogues, social media algorithms & religions seduce us during times of vulnerability, creating arbitrary rules and distorted ideas for us to comply with.
“They sell us comforting myths, telling us only they can explain reality while simultaneously diminishing our freedom, autonomy and independent thought. We are not just coerced, we are herded, frightened and corralled to produce a daily ‘2 minutes of hate’ against an out-group of their choosing and to turn a blind eye to our own internal voice of reason & compassion. They just need our Compliance.”
Listen to ‘Compliance’ by Muse on the Official F1 Tracks playlist on Spotify.
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‘Compliance’ is immediately addictive, embellished with sleek synths and elements of off-kilter alt-pop, with the crashing of the drums and intermittent bass cause the song to swell with power. The accompanying video (directed by Jeremi Durand and shot in Poland) was inspired by the film Looper and follows three children wearing masks destroying their future selves in order to escape a dystopian and oppressive world.
With Muse being Muse, there is NO bowing to any singular genre on their latest record. The album’s title track ‘Will Of The People’ brings playful provocation to a dystopian glam-rocker while there is an innocence and a purity to the nostalgic electronic textures of ‘Verona’.
From the visceral thrill of ‘Won’t Stand Down’, to the industrial-tinged, granite heavy riffs of ‘Kill Or Be Killed’ or the lightning-bolt rush of ‘Euphoria’, the album concludes with the frenetic finale of the brutally honest ‘We Are F***ing F***ed’.
Will Of The People was produced by Muse. Key collaborators include mixing on eight tracks by the multiple Grammy Award winner Serban Ghenea; mixing from Dan Lancaster on ‘Won’t Stand Down’ and additional mixing on ‘Kill Or Be Killed’ from Aleks von Korff.
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