Muse: 'We'll Definitely Start Working On A New Album Next Year'

Muse bassist Chris Wolstenholme has confirmed to NME the band are set to start work on a new album in 2011.

The star said the trio plan to head into the studio for the follow up to 2009's 'The Resistance' after they take some time off from touring.

"We'll definitely start working on a new album next year," he revealed before adding: "I think we'll definitely take some time off after this touring period because it's something we've never done. I think the most time we've had off is about six weeks in the last 12 years, so we're due a break."

Muse headlined the Main Stage on the opening night of T In The Park on Friday (July 9).

Speaking about this year's three-day bash, Wolstenholme added: "It's been pretty good here. I think it's the first time I've been to T In The Park and it's not rained which is always a bonus because any festival you do, the weather always has a massive impact. Last time we were here it was terrible."

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Comments

[barfrog]

So i guess the next album will be out in 2012? Damn thats too long to wait....

[korbhag]

Please no more songs about love and that kind of crap! Just go completely proggy and ditch those twilight fans!

[shreducator]

That is a long wait.....but totally worth it!

[leonkennedy74]

As long as it's better then The Resistance, I'll be happy. I've really only recently gotten into these guys but their old material is excellent. Absolution, Origin or Symmetry and BHAR were all spectacular start to finish. The Resistance was a let down in comparison, so lets see a return to the heavy space rock roots please?

[wicked_hobbit]

Only six weeks of break in the last 12 years? Now I'm depressed looking at my own life...

[Jyrgen]

Hope it will be at least as good as TR

[Noverion]

I hope it feels more like an album, I liked each individual song from the Resistance but the songs were all so different that it felt a bit jumbled, whereas Absolutuon, BHAR, Origin, and Showbiz feel a lot more even. Can't wait though!

[Phaustho]

Jyrgen wrote:

Hope it will be at least as good as TR

You meant it will "way better than" TR, I guess... Because I'm a huge fan of Muse and I think TR is their worst album. And, of course, "Neutron Star Collision (Love is forever)" is the worst song they've ever written.

[KirkMetallica]

Saw these guys on Saturday at Oxegen. I no longer think they're overrated. Holy balls they were awesome, I'll look forward to this.

[soadrhcpmuse]

YEAH!!!!!

MUSE IS AWESOME!!!!!


we need another origin of symmetry!

[metallica144]

leonkennedy74 wrote:

As long as it's better then The Resistance, I'll be happy. I've really only recently gotten into these guys but their old material is excellent. Absolution, Origin or Symmetry and BHAR were all spectacular start to finish. The Resistance was a let down in comparison, so lets see a return to the heavy space rock roots please?

of course it's a matter of taste, but i think that the resistance is their best album, i like the more symphonic style on the resistance, but if you don't like that, then i can imagine that you like their earlier stuff more. but for myself, i hope it is the same style as The Resistance

[insurgentsteve]

Agree with most of the stuff here.

Please ditch the R&B electronica style... but I know they won't. They said they're over their "teenage angst" in the old songs. Lame.

[tyler_j]

Please, give it a rest. At least for a while?
They've just oversaturated the media.
They need to stop for a while and then come back strong.

[Jyrgen]

Phaustho wrote:

Jyrgen wrote:

Hope it will be at least as good as TR

You meant it will "way better than" TR, I guess... Because I'm a huge fan of Muse and I think TR is their worst album. And, of course, "Neutron Star Collision (Love is forever)" is the worst song they've ever written.

No, I meant what I said. Yes, TR is the worst Muse album, but still beats the crap out of your average modern rock record. Just keeping my wish somewhat realistic.

I'm a fan myself too I guess, gonna see them live for the second time next Monday actually.

100% agree with NSC

[Rick_Diculous]

Just don't record anything like "Undisclosed Desires" because that is hands down the worst thing Muse has ever done.

[barfrog]

Yeah TR was their worst album (if you can actually call anything by Muse "the worst"), but its still better than pretty much all music thats being released atm..... NSC wasnt that bad, it was just different, and i for one would rather hear Matt Bellamy sing a love song than some f****t with a pitch-corrected voice

Even if their next album is worse than TR, itll still s*** on most other modern music

[bowdowntomono]

I personally love everything Muse have ever done, except for some of the really off the wall stuff from the early days. Admittedly, The Resistance was a bit of a let down, but I did really enjoy the symphonic stuff they brought in, and I hope they'll keep that in.
Add that style to the OOS or A style, and I'm a happy man.

[the enigma 1]

barfrog wrote:

So i guess the next album will be out in 2012? Damn thats too long to wait....

Agreed.

[TheWizard42]

Rick_Diculous wrote:

Just don't record anything like "Undisclosed Desires" because that is hands down the worst thing Muse has ever done.

This.
looking forward to it

[Banjocal]

the resistance is good, but personally i consider "resistance" era muse a different band to pre "origin" muse: experimental stuff like citizen erazed and plug in baby and new born are just incredible.

even so, i like thier new album

[b_flo]

This next album will divide their fan base and the general public...and it's starting to show. There will be the ultimate fans, the ones who say they're not the same as before, others will say that they sound the same and need to change, and the ones who'll say that they've sold out (eg. movie soundtrack and their music on commercials). That's the nature in the music biz...especially for bands that have stayed for a while and released more than 4 albums. In reality, for them to bring it up to the next level, they gotta seek sponsorship from larger companies (even bands, this big, can't survive to do arena/stadium tours alone during these times) ...just the nature of the music biz. They may have to reinvent themselves before going back to their old sound...it might be good or bad. Hope they continue to get up there, and hopefully work with them again.

[False_God]

TR was such a mediocre album. Any band could have done what they did. Was very dissapointed listening to it.

Hopefully next one will be better.

[Poirier812]

Rick_Diculous wrote:

Just don't record anything like "Undisclosed Desires" because that is hands down the worst thing Muse has ever done.

Why? Because they experimented? Isn't that what they do?

[loudog93]

False_God wrote:

TR was such a mediocre album. Any band could have done what they did. Was very dissapointed listening to it.

Hopefully next one will be better.

you do realize there is a 3 part symphonic piece on there right?

[scimitar_255]

Noverion wrote:

I hope it feels more like an album, I liked each individual song from the Resistance but the songs were all so different that it felt a bit jumbled, whereas Absolutuon, BHAR, Origin, and Showbiz feel a lot more even. Can't wait though!

I seem to think the opposite... while I didn't really super love any of the tracks on The Resistance, I thought it made for the best album, because it flowed together so nicely.

That being said, I could definitely go for some more of their heavy stuff.

[scimitar_255]

b_flo wrote:

This next album will divide their fan base and the general public...and it's starting to show. There will be the ultimate fans, the ones who say they're not the same as before, others will say that they sound the same and need to change, and the ones who'll say that they've sold out (eg. movie soundtrack and their music on commercials). That's the nature in the music biz...especially for bands that have stayed for a while and released more than 4 albums. In reality, for them to bring it up to the next level, they gotta seek sponsorship from larger companies (even bands, this big, can't survive to do arena/stadium tours alone during these times) ...just the nature of the music biz. They may have to reinvent themselves before going back to their old sound...it might be good or bad. Hope they continue to get up there, and hopefully work with them again.

Um... wrong... bands don't need sponsorship to survive... they need sponsorship to maintain a ridiculously large amount of money that they don't need.

Any half decent band can "survive" on touring and album sales alone.

[dweb23]

its the first time hes been at t in the park and not rained?!!!! haha i was obviously at a different festival than him at the weekend...

[Zell182]

Personally I think The Resistance is their best album. But hey, it's not identical straight rock from start to finish so it can't be deemed good by most fans eh?

[b_flo]

scimitar_255 wrote:

b_flo wrote:

This next album will divide their fan base and the general public...and it's starting to show. There will be the ultimate fans, the ones who say they're not the same as before, others will say that they sound the same and need to change, and the ones who'll say that they've sold out (eg. movie soundtrack and their music on commercials). That's the nature in the music biz...especially for bands that have stayed for a while and released more than 4 albums. In reality, for them to bring it up to the next level, they gotta seek sponsorship from larger companies (even bands, this big, can't survive to do arena/stadium tours alone during these times) ...just the nature of the music biz. They may have to reinvent themselves before going back to their old sound...it might be good or bad. Hope they continue to get up there, and hopefully work with them again.

Um... wrong... bands don't need sponsorship to survive... they need sponsorship to maintain a ridiculously large amount of money that they don't need.

Any half decent band can "survive" on touring and album sales alone.

So I take it you get their technical riders and do production advances, and invoices? Are you in the live music biz?

[Daysleeper_05]

Finally, Chris speaks!! As for comments on the next album, I hope they take it in a new direction. But keep the symphonic stuff, I say; Exogenesis I is the only thing I still go back and listen to from that album. What I would like to see next is a heavier and creepier album with a few soft ballads strategically placed (preferably acoustic ones).

[khakiapple]

barfrog wrote:

So i guess the next album will be out in 2012? Damn thats too long to wait....

HOPEFULLY IT'S OUT BEFORE THE WORLD ENDS?!!?!?

NOOOOO

[ncblackout]

LOL Khakiapple. I think Muse joked that they would like to play a gig on the day the world is supposed to end, sounds epic. ;oP

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5LOT9Uo68Y - Interview with Matt at Rock Wertcher, 2 minutes in, he talks about what he thinks the next Muse record will be like. He says "more personal and intimate sounding...like to find something more down to earth sounding." He says he thinks they need to rediscover themselves, so it should be interesting to see what happens in the studio.

[SumFX]

Should be amazing, like everything else they have done

[twat]

I liked Resistance, but I don't listen to it with other Muse stuff, it's different (though obviously still Muse). Bands need to adapt and embrace new styles, or they get boring and peter out except for the die hard fans (look at bands like AC/DC). Next time they do an album just listen to it as if it were a new band, and don't look for more killer riffs or a repeat of Origin.

[masterofkittens]

Poirier812 wrote:

Rick_Diculous wrote:

Just don't record anything like "Undisclosed Desires" because that is hands down the worst thing Muse has ever done.


Why? Because they experimented? Isn't that what they do?

Well if it is expirimental then wouldn't that mean muse is looking for feedback on a new idea. If someone thinks undisclosed desires sucks than they should say it. Muse would like it better that way.

P.S.
undisclosed desires sucks

[BrixDK]

metallica144 wrote:

leonkennedy74 wrote:

As long as it's better then The Resistance, I'll be happy. I've really only recently gotten into these guys but their old material is excellent. Absolution, Origin or Symmetry and BHAR were all spectacular start to finish. The Resistance was a let down in comparison, so lets see a return to the heavy space rock roots please?

of course it's a matter of taste, but i think that the resistance is their best album, i like the more symphonic style on the resistance, but if you don't like that, then i can imagine that you like their earlier stuff more. but for myself, i hope it is the same style as The Resistance

Besides Exogenesis, The Resistance did'nt have a symphonic sound. It was without comparison the album with the strongest pop influence, and if it had'nt included Exogenesis, they would have to throw away their new prog label... and their integrity.

Yes i was deeply dissapointed by the album, and almost insulted by "neutron star collision". If they don't do a serious re-invention of themselves, i may have to throw them away, even though they were the band who got me into that sweet prog rock.

[Skinny91]

I thought it was hilarious how Muse have become a parody of themselves after their last song. Neutron Star Collison (Love Is Forever)? They must have been crying with laughter at the thought of releasing it, for the Twilight soundtrack no less! Saying that I think they are just trying to get famous, but honestly I think they deseverved it. I guess they are just trying to stay at the top.

[fede01_8]

you better hurry because i can't stand the bad taste in my mouth the last album left me any longer

[PRSfanatic]

Damn. And for anything they do they'll still be called "revolutionary". Well, I beg to differ. Can someone tell me what the big deal about them is? This is not spam, I'm just asking, I don't get it. (post on my profile so this place doesn't become a mess)

[iceman45]

ncblackout wrote:

LOL Khakiapple. I think Muse joked that they would like to play a gig on the day the world is supposed to end, sounds epic. ;oP

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5LOT9Uo68Y - Interview with Matt at Rock Wertcher, 2 minutes in, he talks about what he thinks the next Muse record will be like. He says "more personal and intimate sounding...like to find something more down to earth sounding." He says he thinks they need to rediscover themselves, so it should be interesting to see what happens in the studio.

if they play apocalypse please at that gig, i will jizz in my pants.

[edgeyyz]

barfrog wrote:

So i guess the next album will be out in 2012? Damn thats too long to wait....

But it's keeping with their standard time-gap, so no problem for me.

[manutd4lyf]

edgeyyz wrote:

barfrog wrote:

So i guess the next album will be out in 2012? Damn thats too long to wait....

But it's keeping with their standard time-gap, so no problem for me.

I can imagine Muse being the soundtrack to the end of the world.

[moody git]

this being muse it will probably coincide with the 2012 phenomenon. I for one, cannot wait!

[stndrdprcdre]

Didn't really like this last album of theirs. It seemed lazy and like they borrowed some "let's hate the government" lyrics from American Idiot. Hoping for something better this next time around.

[L.A.P.D.]

I love all of thier albums. The only thing I have hated that they have done was the song for NSC. I was pretty awful.

[Randomrings]

I agree with every single comment that said Neutron Star Collision was a terrible song. you all deserve a big hug. i was traumatized by its terribleness, i wish somebody would've held me after i heard it...

i will most likely listen to the new album, like online or something, but as far as buying it... i've got better things going for me

unless this album is more towards OOS album musically. i love that album

[10basshero10]

I love everything they've ever written but I'm hoping for an album that's primarily guitar, bass, and drums. Or piano instead of guitar, but I just hope they keep it simple and not overproduced.

[¡VivaLaGeorge!]

:'D awesome! providing the return to Absolution time sound and not Neutron Star Collision, which as has been widely agreed, a total crock of it.

manutd4lyf wrote:

I can imagine Muse being the soundtrack to the end of the world.

+1
I concur, look at clouds while Exogenesis plays and its like "omg the end has come"

[Gibson_SG_uzr55]

Rick_Diculous wrote:

Just don't record anything like "Undisclosed Desires" because that is hands down the worst thing Muse has ever done.

I agree that Undisclosed Desires is my least favorite song I've heard by them, but I loved the Resistance, I haven't heard the first two albums tho. But I can't wait for the new one.

And I liked Neutron Star Collision too *shrugs*

[crazysam23_Atax]

korbhag wrote:

Please no more songs about love and that kind of crap! Just go completely proggy and ditch those twilight fans!

I agree. If they went back to their old stuff, but with a much heavier prog influence, I'd be happy as hell.

[Rick_Diculous]

Poirier812 wrote:

Rick_Diculous wrote:

Just don't record anything like "Undisclosed Desires" because that is hands down the worst thing Muse has ever done.

Why? Because they experimented? Isn't that what they do?

They experimented on Exogenesis and it came out good. It has nothing to do with the song being experimental and not traditional Muse. It has everything to do with the song being godawful.

[deenasguitarist]

I actually liked The Resistance, if only for the 1984 references.

[Abanazar]

Evil apocalyptic doom-piano song PLEEEEASE?

[mk stivy]

its a normal wait, 2003-2006-2009-2012?

[ratmblink123]

Haven't been excited about anything Muse since 2003.

[Wakisazhi]

BrixDK wrote:

metallica144 wrote:

leonkennedy74 wrote:

As long as it's better then The Resistance, I'll be happy. I've really only recently gotten into these guys but their old material is excellent. Absolution, Origin or Symmetry and BHAR were all spectacular start to finish. The Resistance was a let down in comparison, so lets see a return to the heavy space rock roots please?

of course it's a matter of taste, but i think that the resistance is their best album, i like the more symphonic style on the resistance, but if you don't like that, then i can imagine that you like their earlier stuff more. but for myself, i hope it is the same style as The Resistance

Besides Exogenesis, The Resistance did'nt have a symphonic sound.

United States of Eurasia, I Belong To You, and all 3 parts of Exogenesis. Thats practically half the album. Oh yeah it definitely didn't have a symphonic sound at all. Try again chief.

[acesorcerer17]

leonkennedy74 wrote:

As long as it's better then The Resistance, I'll be happy. I've really only recently gotten into these guys but their old material is excellent. Absolution, Origin or Symmetry and BHAR were all spectacular start to finish. The Resistance was a let down in comparison, so lets see a return to the heavy space rock roots please?

agreed

[CrabSoldier X]

hopefully they will make an able that has more live playable songs. as great as the resistance is, they only play a few songs from it ever.

[slipknot5678]

I can't wait.

I don't think that Neutron Star Collision (their only horrible song) is really the direction theya re going in. It was one song for a very mainstream love movie. That's probably why it sounded that way. I can't imagine them doing an album with all songs sounding like NSC.

And really, I don't mind love songs, as long as they are creative love songs (such as what they performed on Showbiz, OoS, and Absolution). I hope it's better than the Resistance (whcih was still a great album).

[badgers brow]

They ought to stop with the cheesy piano love songs. The last album was dire. And I think personally apart from Matt's vocal work, they've got a little worse live, they seem too over done by studio effects, and the guy who stands in the corner and does most of the work for Muse now.

I hope they take a step back to BHAR, my favourite album, it was more mainstream, but the riffs were actually good...

Though I've never rated Bellamy as a good lyricist, so I expect the worst.

[Wakisazhi]

slipknot5678 wrote:

I can't wait.

I don't think that Neutron Star Collision (their only horrible song) is really the direction theya re going in. It was one song for a very mainstream love movie. That's probably why it sounded that way. I can't imagine them doing an album with all songs sounding like NSC.

I believe Matt said they went through with releasing NSC so that they could simply get it out of the way that way it wouldn't set the tone for the next album.

[mattman93]

New OoS please, I miss my favorite band.

[lewymcgee]

the resistance is an effing amazing album, i almost pupped my pants when i first heard it

[travislausch]

barfrog wrote:

So i guess the next album will be out in 2012? Damn thats too long to wait....

Three years is too long? Maybe if this were 1965.

Anyways, [generic hatred of new album, generic wish for band to revert to old style instead of actually progress].


To be fair, I was disappointed in them doing something for Twilight. I reserve the right to be personally disappointed by this.

[DrPooh]

Do another Showbiz.

That is all.

[T.s.e]

I really can't stand the Exogenesis symphony. It is experimental, sure, but his vocals... it's so pretentious and cheesy.

[Qotsa_love]

Bellamy's lyrics were so terrible last album, too many rhyming words. (Same, blame, dust, trust, won, begun etc.) Lyrically Resistance songs sound like the first he ever penned. Almost every chorus sounded incredibly cheesy and I can't even sit through exogenesis. Also parts like the Resistance outro seem so recycled, despite all this talk of experimenting, it feels almost identical to the citizen erased outro. I doubt I will love anything new Muse puts out, mainly because of Bellamy.

[Infinity&Beyond]

Im stoked for this. I hope its more like there early stuff, even though thats highly unlikely

[bigdan30]

everyone is hating undisclosed desires...i for one just had to say that i enjoy it. cool beat, interesting pizzicato, and the build up is great. it was pretty poppy, but i liked it a lot.

[jibran]

Hope they make decent music again for the first time in like five years.

[bigdan30]

and unnatural selection has a pretty solid riff as well

[sh-1300]

nothing twilight influenced please
I mean if you think about it, before the twilight movies, there was Absolution, BHAR, and Origin of Symmetry.
After Twilight movies, there was The Resistance
which wasn't bad but not as good as the older stuff.
So i hope that this new album will be worth waiting for.

[jfryar]

[quote]False_God wrote:

"Any band could have done what they did"

are you ****ing joking? matt wrote all the orchestral parts in the resistance, the insane musical talent is there its just in a different package. i would love to see any of todays main stream bands produce something half as good as the resistance.

[GameSkate]

Argh, stop with this "Resistance is ##%# WE NEED MOAR TEH OOS!" crap, seriously.
I don't want another OOS, Showbiz, BHaR, Absolution or The Resistance.

[vagelier]

I saw an interview with Bellamy and he said that they would be going in opposite direction with their new album. He said is was going to be "more personal". Looking forward to it, Resistance was the worst Muse album IMO.

[amn_esiac]

MK ULTRA was probably the best thing about the last album but it's still no Plug in baby/Showbiz/bliss is it? At least it still had a few killer riffs though in MK and Unnatural Selection.

I can't right now see the next album going in a direction that I'll like, it's either going to be faggoty Twilight music or stupid political stuff I bet.

[AwesomeDrummer]

Ey, the resistance was still a decent album, just not as brilliant or progressive (though it's hard to argue the symphony as not being progressive) as some of their previous. For the battle of my least favorite album by Muse, for me, it's a tie between Showbiz & The resistance, though i still do like three quarters of the songs on both records.

[hak_hap]

stupidity all around the comments. ever album by muse was wonderful.

I like BHaR best though...

[AlterEdge]

Gibson_SG_uzr55 wrote:

Rick_Diculous wrote:

Just don't record anything like "Undisclosed Desires" because that is hands down the worst thing Muse has ever done.
I agree that Undisclosed Desires is my least favorite song I've heard by them, but I loved the Resistance, I haven't heard the first two albums tho. But I can't wait for the new one.

And I liked Neutron Star Collision too *shrugs*

:O What!? You must listen to the first 2 albums now. Go do it. 2012 Muse should be sick tho. I like everything they have ever done really except for a select few slow songs I don't find interesting (Megalomania etc)

[GoldenGuitar]

I like their albums Showbiz and Origin Of Symmetry. Black Holes and Revelations and Absolution were alright too. But I didn't like The Resistance that much. It was alright but I thought they could've done a better job.

[Faxl]

Message to Matt&Dom&Chris&Morgan:
just go ****ing nuts.

[Dream Theaterr]

Im thinking the whole new album will be relating somehow to the "2012" end of the world thing. Matt is pretty deep into conspiracies and what not. I just hope its more like the early muse, Dont get me wrong the resistance isnt their best work but it wasnt terrible. I hope they dont write anything like neutron fag collision

[Jyrgen]

cortes239 wrote:

I remember finding this band on guitar hero and the song Knights of Cydonia was the shit. But this band ****ing sucks. I hate it when I turn on the radio and this band is on. Its so annoying. Knights of Cydonia was so good and the rest is so bad

lol man, go and listen through the album Origin Of Symmetry

[sebwillis1]

They ****ing owned T in the Park, absolutely awesome =D

[Colohue]

checked

[Metalology]

I saw them in Toronto this past March and they were fantastic!

[DGblackz]

DrPooh wrote:

Do another Showbiz.

That is all.

Yeah! That would be good, especially live...