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Muse Release New Single “Dead Inside” And It’s Boring As Hell
Okay, let’s get through the nitty gritty first and then I’ll give myself a little bit of a rant, okay?
British alt-rock band Muse have released a lyric video for their new single “Dead Inside”. It’s the second track to come from their upcoming album Drones, which will be released on June 9th via Warner Bros. Records. The band first released “Psycho” on May 12th.
Says lead singer Matt Bellamy about the track:
This is where the story of the album begins, where the protagonist loses hope and becomes ‘Dead Inside’, therefore vulnerable to the dark forces introduced in ‘Psycho’ and which ensue over the next few songs on the album, before eventually defecting, revolting and overcoming these dark forces later in the story.
Those who pre-order the album via iTunes will get both “Psycho” and “Dead Inside” as immediate downloads.
Okay, now that we’ve gotten that out of the way, permit me this platform to lay my opinion: Seriously, what the hell happened to these guys? They used to be incredibly exciting. Just look at tracks like “Stockholm Syndrome” and “Hysteria”. These tracks played with expectations, showed a fantastic communication between the band members, and had this thrilling bombastic attitude. Now they’re releasing one boring, monotonous track after another. I’d be okay if they were at least being adventurous but they’re playing it so goddamn safe.
The big problem here is that this is something I noted when the band first released “Madness” a few years ago. I’m still of the mindset that that song is boring and overly simple. So what’s happening is that a pattern is emerging. The band has steadily been releasing mediocrity and that’s just so damn disappointing. These guys were bucking the trend and offering something different and now they’ve lost it. There’s no fire anymore.
You can watch the video for “Dead Inside” below, but I have to warn you it’s NSFW due to nudity.
AMC has announced that The Vampire Lestat: One Night Only LIVE, the standing-room-only performance celebrating AMC’s premiere of its newly-released The Vampire Lestat at New York City’s iconic Beacon Theatre last month, will debut on streaming.
The Vampire Lestat: One Night Only LIVE begins streaming on AMC+ on August 23.
Ahead of its streaming premiere, fans can preview the concert event, featuring original songs from series composer Daniel Hart and performed by Sam Reid, in Hall H at Comic Con International on July 24.
Our own Daniel Kurland attended the special event, highlighting how electric the Immortal Vampire is on stage: “It’s clear in this season of television that Reid was born to be a rock star, but it’s surreal to see him effortlessly command the stage — and the audience — at every step of the concert. He recites Shakespeare monologues and bitches out Armand between songs, all while the audience screams in support. For the duration of this concert, Reid is Lestat, and he’s given thousands of fans a memory that’s as immortal as any vampire.”
Based on Anne Rice‘s The Vampire Chronicles book series, The Vampire Lestat is the rock and roll-centric third season of AMC’s “Interview with the Vampire” created by showrunner Rolin Jones.
The Vampire Lestat goes on an electric multi-city tour while being haunted by “muses” from his wild and rebellious past. As his band’s popularity and star power rises, so does Lestat’s influence over vampires and humans alike, leaving others to contend with Lestat’s power in the face of the Great Conversion, an unnatural surge in the vampire population.
Jacob Anderson, Assad Zaman, Eric Bogosian, Delainey Hayles and Jennifer Ehle star with Reid. Executive producers include Jones, Mark Johnson, Hannah Moscovitch, the late Anne Rice, and her son Christopher Rice.
The series finale airs this Sunday, July 19, on AMC and AMC+.