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Drones is the upcoming seventh studio album by English alternative rock band Muse.[1][2] The album is produced by Robert John "Mutt" Lange and will be released in 2015.[2][3][4] The album art is by American artist Matt Mahurin.[5][6]

Background

Muse released their fifth and sixth studio albums, The Resistance and The 2nd Law, in 2009 and 2012, respectively. On the albums, the band experimented with orchestral work and electronic music.[7][8] In December 2013, the band released a live album and film, Live at Rome Olympic Stadium. "We wanted this album and film to capture the best moments from those [studio] albums, but also capture some of the extremes of what we've been doing since we want to go in a different direction in the future," said Muse frontman Matthew Bellamy in an interview with the Rolling Stone magazine.[7]

The writing of material for the band's seventh studio album began soon after the Rome concert. "I have this strong feeling that the next album should be something that really does strip away the additional things that we've experimented with on the last two albums. ... I kind of feel like it will be nice to reconnect and remind ourselves of just the basics of who we are," added Bellamy.[7] Answering fan questions on Twitter in September 2014, he mentioned "deep ecology, the empathy gap and World War 3" as the album themes.[9]

Recording

In April 2014, Muse drummer Dominic Howard hinted that the band would start working on its seventh studio album in May 2014.[10] The band eventually entered the recording studio in Vancouver in October 2014.[11][12] The first recording session ended on 19 October, with the band commenting that "It's been emotional."[13] On 24 October, Muse confirmed that the new album would be produced by AC/DC music producer, Robert John "Mutt" Lange.[14][15][16] The band re-entered the studio in November 2014.[12]

Promotion

On January 26, the band released a video to their Instagram account of a mixing desk with audio samples of a man, presumably a soldier, yelling. Within the video, the camera lingers on a screen that states "Artist - Muse, Album - Drones." [17] Some confusion was stirred as to whether this was the album title, until the band began using #MuseDrones on their following Instagram pictures and videos, with the album title being officially confirmed by bassist Chris Wolstenholme on his Twitter bio when he changed it to "New album Drones coming soon." On March 9, the band shared a snippet of a new song called "Psycho" from studio, which mentioned "mixing with a very tight deadline".

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Sharp, Tyler (5 February 2015). "Muse to release new album, 'Drones'". Alternative Press. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
  2. ^ a b Khomami, Nadia (26 January 2015). "Muse confirm new album title 'Drones' in latest in-the-studio video". NME. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
  3. ^ Carter, Emily (6 February 2015). "Muse Confirm Seventh Album, Drones". Kerrang!. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
  4. ^ Davidson, Amy (5 February 2015). "Muse appear to confirm Drones as new album title with cryptic photos". Gigwise. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
  5. ^ Mahurin, Matt (6 February 2015). "MUSE PROJECT". mattmahurin.com. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
  6. ^ Shutler, Ali (8 February 2015). "Matt Mahurin will be behind the artwork for Muse's new album 'Drones'". DIY. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
  7. ^ a b c Greene, Andy (2 December 2013). "Muse Singer Matt Bellamy: Live DVD Completes an 'Upside-Down Journey'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
  8. ^ "Muse: 'Our new album is set for Classic FM'". NME. 2 March 2009. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
  9. ^ Khomami, Nadia (5 February 2015). "Muse confirm new album title 'Drones' on Instagram". NME. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
  10. ^ "Muse reveal plan to start new album in May". NME. 14 April 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
  11. ^ Brandle, Lars (6 October 2014). "Muse Returns to the Studio". Billboard. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
  12. ^ a b Trendell, Andrew (5 November 2014). "Muse 'back in action' in studio to finish seventh album". Gigwise. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
  13. ^ Van Nguyen, Dean (19 October 2014). "Muse complete 'emotional' first session for new album". Retrieved 7 February 2015.
  14. ^ Renshaw, David (24 October 2014). "Muse working with AC/DC producer on new studio album". NME. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
  15. ^ Trendell, Andrew (24 October 2014). "Muse working with AC/DC producer Robert 'Mutt' Lange on new album". Gigwise. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
  16. ^ Goodacre, Kate (26 October 2014). "Muse join forces with producer Mutt Lange for new studio album". Digital Spy. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
  17. ^ Walton, Will. "instagram video". Instagram. Retrieved 22 February 2015.

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