Probably the best new guitar band in Britain, MUSE tear their bleeding hearts out and impale them on spiky angst-rock anthems like 'Cave'.

Opening with a blast of jerky new wave riffola, 'Cave' soon explodes into a rocket-blast roller-coaster chorus before expanding to fill the epic prog-punk dimensions of Matthew Bellamy's tormented soul. Possibly.

Living in Torquay, MUSE probably had a great view of the eclipse. Then again, MUSE's world clearly exists in permanent semi-darkness anyway. Think about it. Pretty damn profound, right?

Stephen Dalton

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