Muse - Origin of Symmetry
In the first edition of Classic Cuts, we take a look at Muse's Origin of Symmetry.
The band will be playing it in full later this month at Reading and Leeds Festival, so now's as good a time as any to take a look back at the album.
Kicking off brilliantly with 'New Born', the album is consistent, although there isn't a huge amount of diversity across the first 8 tracks
With songs like 'Bliss' and 'Hyper Music', it's hard to criticise the album too much.
The latter has an almost Hendrix-inspired opening riff, before Matt Bellamy's soaring, falsetto vocals join the party.
Origin of Symmetry sounds huge and epic, with the classic Muse sound, but there aren't many songs early on that break away from that.
The exception, and moment that changes the mood of the album, is the tender, ambient 'Screenager'.
This leads into a beautiful closing to the record, with some softer songs.
It is an easy thing to say, but Origin of Symmetry excels in its best known moments.
'Plug In Baby' sounds as fantastic now as it did a decade ago, and Muse's cover of 'Feeling Good' evolves into a heavy, powerful moment on a solid record.
The main criticism here would be the track-listing, rather than the songs. If the album flowed with heavier tracks mixed in with the softer moments, it would've felt less like a record of two halfs.
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