[kj] RE: DARKNESS/Rapture/interpol

[Alex Smith]

I heard a track off the new Muse disc last week (something about Stockholm,
I believe) and it sounded great, but I wasn't willing to pay the import
price for the album. ORIGIN OF SYMMETRY was damned good, though....despite
the flargrant Jeff Buckleyisms of the lead singer.

Alex in NYC



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>From: Amy Moseley <amyr@jump.net>
>To: gathering@misera.net
>Subject: Re: [kj] RE: DARKNESS/Rapture/interpol
>Date: Tue, Sep 30, 2003, 11:50 AM
>

>> And I have to reckon Muse has grown on me a lot, their new album sounds
>> really good.
>
>Yeah!  Another Muse fan!
>
>They are at LEAST young.  As I said in an earlier post, there's
>no young US band that even interests me (yawn).
>
>This, the third album, builds on the previous album, _Origin Of Symmetry_
>but it's certainly not a part II.  And it moves further away from
>the "Radiohead-ripoff-sound" that some people decried about the
>first album, _Showbiz_.  Matt Bellamy, the lead singer/guitarist/
>keyboardist is an EXCELLENT musician, and for that reason alone
>worth checking out.  Far more exciting stuff than ANYTHING stateside.
>
>I wish Muse would tour here, but fat fucking chance, since _OOS_
>was not even released here!!!!! (_Showbiz_ was.)
>
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