Muse has come out with yet another defiant track. The song, titled “Compliance”, comes on the heels of their most recent single “Won’t Stand Down” which hit No. 4 on the Billboard Rock Airplay chart. Both songs will be featured on Muse’s upcoming album. Muse vocalist Matt Belamy spoke on the new track.
“‘Compliance’ is about submission to authoritarian rules and reassuring untruths to be accepted to an in-group. Gangs, governments, demagogues, social media algorithms and religions seduce us during times of vulnerability, creating arbitrary rules and distorted ideas for us to comply with. They sell us comforting myths, telling us only they can explain reality while simultaneously diminishing our freedom, autonomy and independent thought. We are not just coerced, we are herded, frightened and corralled to produce a daily ‘2 minutes of hate’ against an out-group of their choosing and to turn a blind eye to our own internal voice of reason and compassion. They just need our Compliance.”
The new album, titled Will Of The People, is inspired by 2020’s protests and chaos. Belamy also spoke on the inspiration behind the new record.
“Will Of The People was created in Los Angeles and London and is influenced by the increasing uncertainty and instability in the world. A pandemic, new wars in Europe, massive protests and riots, an attempted insurrection, Western democracy wavering, rising authoritarianism, wildfires and natural disasters and the destabilization of the global order all informed Will of the People. It has been a worrying and scary time for all of us as the Western empire and the natural world, which have cradled us for so long are genuinely threatened. This album is a personal navigation through those fears and preparation for what comes next.”
Will Of The People Tracklisting
Will of the People
Compliance
Liberation
Won’t Stand Down
Ghosts (How Can I Move On)
You Make Me Feel Like It’s Halloween
Kill or Be Killed
Verona
Euphoria
We Are Fucking Fucked
