Produced by Timbaland, Rich Costey, Angel Lopez, Federico Vindver & Muse themselves, the production is in your face and can’t be ignored. It’s the production that draws me into this track more than anything else. Well, NOW we know who Matt is aiming this at. It’s a dig at governments and leaders who showcase “fake news”. “Propaganda”is about manipulation of the truth and lying. It just doesn’t work that well in my eyes.
It sounds like Matt Bellamy is trying to be like Justin Timberlake, aka sleazy and smooth. Using a vocoder effect on the microphone (similar to The 2nd Law’s ‘Madness’ ) instantly makes this song sound unusual.
The overall arrangement of the track is definitely more pop orientated and mainstream for my liking, but that’s a personal preference. The music video has elements to the Back to the Future franchise, but technically it’s better as Terry Crews is in it… random. As for the orchestral parts, it feels like the band just said “oh, we should have some orchestral arrangements as we haven’t had that yet on the album!”, so in other words forced. Pressure takes us into a sort of “Prince attempting to play with EDM beats over a heavy guitar” kind of sound. Matt Bellamy explained that this is a heavier song for Muse and talks about the pressure that their fans build to keep playing in their previous styles. “Pressure”was released in September as a single. This compliments and details the instruments perfectly… basically, you can hear everything spot on in the mix and the blend of it all works amazingly. The Dark Side deals with a perfect balance of the alternative rock and electronica that Muse desired for. Mental health is probably at it’s most powerful in the world right now, so releasing a track from one of the world’s biggest bands implies that yes, even the most famous people in the world struggle too. As for the subject of the track, “The Dark Side” deals with mental illnesses paranoia and depression. One of the biggest tracks on the album hears the return of similar guitar effects to the Origin of Symmetry era. It’s a strong opener for Simulation Theory, and has a different approach for Muse (mainly the production), but it still is them down to the tee. As for the instrumentation sounding quite game like, the imagery implies that this would be a perfect song to play if there ever was a war between, not necessarily robots, but technology as a whole. The song doesn’t feature many lyrics, in this case, Matt really does stretch out each word to be longer then it actually should be. Vocals don’t arise until the 1.36 minute mark, by then, we are ready in anticipation for Matt’s warming vocals. If you’re asking me, “Algorithm”would be perfect for a Black Mirror episode (if you know, you know). With the protagonist realising he is in some kind of simulation, he eventually ‘awakens’ and attempts to escape from this false reality. Cooperating a huge sound for a trio, Dominic Howard (drums), Chris Wolstenholme (bass) and Matt Bellamy (lead vocals/guitar), you can hear influence from Jeff Buckley in Matt’s vocals, which sore us through a nostalgic sound that is “Simulation Theory”. With a lot of fans dissing Muse for not sticking to their pioneering stadium rock tunes, this album takes us through an aesthetic, colourful science fiction journey. With hitting number 1 in the UK album charts, the album takes Muse towards their electronic influence. One of the most famous trios of all time, Muse released their highly anticipated 8th studio album 2 months ago today.
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