| ORIGIN OF SYMMETRY : MUSE 2001 |
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| Is this what Matt meant when he wrote 'Space Dementia'? |
| Debut albums set the standards. For some bands that's easy. For Muse, to create a monster more powerful, more emotional and more beautiful than the gem that was 1999's 'Showbiz', that's one hell of a task. Finally silencing all those (maybe justified at one point) Radiohead comparisons, the Teinmouth trio crash into extravagant orchestral angst and take to pieces Nintendo background music. Crush it all together with heart wrenching squealing courtesy of young Matt Bellamy and what do you have? Beautifully angsty operatic epics like 'Bliss', the haunting 'Megalomania' and a claustrophobic sounding 'Space Dementia'. A wonderful rendition of Nina Simone's 'Feeling Good' is probably the only song that ensures no physical damage to anyone. You hope. So maybe the lyrics are sometimes irrelevant, the vocals over the top and the razor-edged guitar solos self-indulgent, but who cares? If the talent and the emotions are there and the listener feels moved enough to scream along to riff-killers like 'New Born' and 'Plug In Baby', it doesn't really matter. Go on, do these lovely, cheerful boys a favour. Buy this soul crushing masterpiece: you're sure to be plunged into emotional darkness, your heart in several pieces. Cos if you don't, you'll be confined to a soundproof white room. Forever. With Matt Bellamy and his guitar. You have been warned. Muse. Ear piercing specialists. |
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