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Andrew’s Judgmental Album Reviews: Muse – Will of the People (2022)

The JAR takes a trip with the Space Force to see if Muse is still interstellar, or if they’ve coming crashing back to earth with their newest album!

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So I decided to stay away from the heavy metal releases this week, since next month will have quite a few, and I enjoy variety. Not the magazine…I mean…nevermind.

ANYWAY – most people should know Muse and their Spacey/Electronica/Arena Rock kind of approach to music. You can describe it so many ways, but rarely ever as bad. Much like with a lot of the bands over the last few years, I stopped following this band closely some time ago. Last album I gave a full spin was… Black Holes and Revelations – really? 2006? No, no, that makes sense. An ex of mine was into them and that was indeed around that time frame. I really need to pay attention to bands more often than once every 15 years or so.

While I deal with my existential crisis of feeling like the aughts were a few years ago, let’s just do the line up thing and get to the review.

Muse is: Matt Bellamy (guitars, lead vocals, keys), Dominic Howard (drums, percussion) & Chris Wolstenholme (bass, backing vocals)

  • Artist: Muse
  • Album: Will of the People (2022)
  • Label: Warner Music
  • Total Track Time: 37:39

Will of the People starts off like a combination of Marilyn Manson‘s Beautiful People and a stereotypical British soccer chant that we’ve heard tons of times either during sport or NXT UK episodes. Musically it has a bit of an electronic Rolling Stones vibe about it. A simple arena rock anthemic style song, catchy enough to make Gary Glitter blush. With the chorus being, “Welcome to the desecration, baby, We’ll build you right up, then we’ll tear you down, Welcome to the celebration, baby, The judges are jailed and the future is ours“, it serves very well as an opening song for the album. Also I’ve always liked the phrase “throw the baby out with the bathwater” and the fact that this uses that specific turn of phrase, it earns a bias point. Compliance is in that retro 80s synthwave vein with a little bit of the space rock sound they lean in to on occasion. Lyrically its very fitting for the last few years regarding just falling in line and giving them compliance. Something very 1984 about the start of this album. Liberation the opening verse stays in this enslaved society mindset, “Silenced, you’ll make us feel silenced, You stole the airwaves, but the air belongs to us, And violence, you’ll make us turn to violence, You’ve left us choiceless, our backs against the wall”, musically this has Queen written all over it. The gang harmonies, the slower listing piano leading into a larger climax through the verses and refrains. It has that same theatrical epic composition that should make everyone think of Queen.

Won’t Stand Down has a crazy distorted bass crunch and heaviness to this song. Instrumentally it very reminiscent of their old stuff, and not really what I was expecting since they started to steer more into the pop side even back when I listened more frequently. There is still the definitive electronica elements that no matter how heavy it gets, it still links to the Muse sound especially when those space ship keyboards kick in. Ghosts (How Can I Move On) now this is a very somber and beautiful ballad initially. I don’t expect it to change up, but this is just a ballad of loss and not being able move on. “How can I move on, When everyone I see still talks about you?, How can I move on, When all the best things I have we made together?, Here’s to letting go, But I am lost in a void with your ghost and our memories”, these are pretty poignant. It’s got to be fairly relatable for many, having trouble moving on from someone that was so ingrained in your life, everywhere and everyone is tied to them. How do you just reset and stop associating?

You Make Me Feel Like It’s Halloween while the title is kinda wordy and stupid, the song has a very interesting synth beat and pipe organ. So it gives you the ole Monster Mash stereotypical Halloween vibes, mixed with some Prince and interesting retro 80s infused riffing. Not the worst, if not just a little odd and leaves me wondering who asked for this. Kill or Be Killed while it starts off with and seems to have a definitive guitar riff that feels very Rage Against the Machine, the verses lighten the instrumentation too much to the point of the song coming off more schizophrenic. Now, that could be intentional with the paranoid kill or be killed lyrics, but sonically it really just makes the song disjointed. While I can almost praise the artistic stretch, musically it is borderline cacophonous. Verona makes the fact that it’s a Romeo and Juliet song obvious with the first line being about “poison on your lips”, this sounds like bad TV Guide Channel music or hold music when you wanted to order CDs from Columbia House. I hate every second of this, it just lingers and insists upon itself sounding like the most tryhard cringe attempt at a 14 year old penning romance for his crush.

Euphoria this album has treaded into that territory I’ve complained about for the last few years. When too many songs are about Quarantine, or can be attributed to it, it causes ear fatigue and redundancy. This song says nothing new, just does it over top of a bouncy electro pop beats. I really am zoned out during this song. It’s just pop drivel about coming out of quarantine, gag me with a spoon. We’re All Fucking Fucked while I can respect how British this title is…again…it’s about Quarantine again. I would’ve been able to tolerate their usual wannabe 1984 dystopian revolution songs, but this is taxing. The song itself is distorted and dark, but I can’t find myself caring enough. The second half of this album has fucking fucked this album.

This album has completely lost me at Kill or Be Killed, and the Halloween song didn’t do many favors. So any good favor the first half of the album created, was completely dashed. While revolution and can’t keep us down songs are cliche, they have their place, especially to rally humanity after crisis. But with the 3 worst songs at the end, and the final 2 about covid, what the hell were they thinking. If you were gonna serve up an above average few songs garnished with garbage and topped with vomit, next time just do the damn Greatest Hits album.

It started strong, peaked early like Gohan, and then disappointed me the rest of the way through; also oddly enough, like Gohan. This is the Great Saiyaman of Muse albums.

 

Final Judgment: 5.25/10

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Bandwagon Nerds #284: Mission Unlikely

The Nerds break down a tremendous Episode 8 of Daredevil: Born Again. Plus, the Sweet 16 of Villain Madness and the return of the Trailer Park!

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Mitchell’s Hyrule Puro-Resu News Report! (4/10/25)

It’s gonna be May!

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There’s been a slight change in the forecast…

There may not be a storm on the horizon, but when Wrestling Is Life, every day is unpredictable! What does HPW have planned for May Day?

 

HPW prepares for the storm ahead…

Blood & Thunder still beckons, and the Faces of Evil need to defend their HPW World Trios Championships. Therefore, Wrestling Is Life will see two qualifying trios matches! After the controversial nature of losing the titles at HyruleMania, Arrow Club is given a spot in these qualifiers. And they will be facing familiar foes in TSDQ! The Studly Don’t Quit, but will they make it through to ThunderStruck? As for the second qualifier, Los Taros Locos will return in hopes of stampeding up to the top of HPW, but they’ll be up against quite the mysterious team. Cia represents the OG Dark Forces expelled from the group, and she’ll bring her sister, Lana, with her!

But who is their third partner? They didn’t name them, so who could it be? Volga? Kevin Gibdo? Or even Wizzro? Will keeping it an unknown be the key to winning?

 

Igos du Ikana speaks.

From inside his shadowy throne room, The Ruler of Ruin looks at the HPW Death Mountain Championship on a pedestal. “The HPW Death Mountain Championship. A championship created not just to commemorate one of Hyrule’s greatest landmarks, but also to commemorate one of Hyrule’s greatest wrestling promotions. Death Mountain Wrestling was a vital part of wrestling history, where legends would pave the way for a new generation, and inspire many more. Not unlike Termina Championship Wrestling.”

Igos walks past the pedestal to look to a trophy case. Igos looks to his copy of the classic TCW Championship, and even of the High Noon Championship. There are also poster sized pictures of Igos’ greatest moments, such as the first time he won the TCW title, and the last time he held it while TCW was still active. Igos continues by saying, “I say this not because you don’t know. Of course you know this. I say this so that you might understand. I say this because I need you to understand. You have great aspirations, and strong ambition, but I don’t think you understand what you’re attempting to achieve.

“You stand at the foot of a mountain, it’s shadow upon you. That mountain’s name is legacy. You want to climb the mountain. You want to reach the top and plant your own flag at the summit. You want everyone to see you, to look up to you, to acknowledge you. But this climb is more challenging than you know. This climb is more challenging than you can handle. These belts may only be ten pounds, but they weigh so much more once you put them on. You are not ready for the climb. You are not ready to carry that weight. You are not ready to push yourself, step after step, inch after inch, as the mountain only grows steeper and steeper. And you never will be.

“So I tell you this not because you do not know. I tell you this so that you may understand. You must turn back now, find another path forward, before it is too late. Before you fall… to ruin.” It is clear who this message is for, but will young Yunobo heed this grizzled warrior’s warning?

 

HPW Deep Dive: Wisdom VS Power.

The Princess of Hyrule visits Hero of Hyrule, Link, now that he’s home from the hospital. He still needs bed rest, given everything Ganon did to him. He has bandages around his head, and his sister, Aryll, checks his stitches. 13 stitches all along the hairline. They’re holding well, no bleeding. Zelda sits with Link and holds his hand. She apologizes for what happened, but Link shakes his head. Aryll agrees, Zelda’s not to blame, Ganon and his Dark Forces are. They ruined her moment, they beat Link down, so they they have to be stopped. Ganon’s coming after the title anyway, so Zelda can get payback at the same time.

Ganon says, “Like I give a damn.” The Gerudo Ace lounges in his manor, The Dark Forces all around him. That now includes Shabonne & Tali, sporting new ensembles to reflect joining up. The Faces of Evil have their HPW World Trios Championships while Ganon has the Triforce Tournament trophy in hand. Ganon then mockingly says, “YoU dEsErVe It~! YoU dEsErVe It~!” Audio from the Triforce Anniversary event is interspliced here, as well as flashes of Zelda being emotional as she has the title belt put on.

“Isn’t it strange that Zelda takes the fall at HyruleMania, but I’m the one relegated to the tournament? And she clearly has that pointy eared little simp wrapped around her finger, or else he wouldn’t have even agreed to the match. But hey, what do I know? I only beat Link one-on-one in his first defense, then beat Zelda one-on-one in my first defense. I’m the Triple Crown Champion, I beat legends of TCW, and I’m this year’s Triforce Tournament winner. No one is more deserving of that title, of whatever title there is, than me! Isn’t that right?” The group all say, “Yeah!”

Ganon says, “The Dark Forces will be golden!” The group again shouts, “Yeah!” Ganon says, “The Dark Forces RUNS HPW!” The group again shouts, “YEAH!!” The Dark Forces all raise a glass to drink it up, while Link rests his head on Zelda’s shoulder and she rests her head on his. The Princess of Hyrule may reign, but will she fail to trump the Gerudo Ace? The countdown is on until May 1st, when Wrestling is Life!


 

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