Muse - Black Holes And Revelations

In which the trio of Muses scarper away from their ambition of being a second class Radiohead and finally, with a bit of added funk, come into their own.
Black Holes... is an incredibly listenable album. The angst, the Yorke-esque warblings, have been reduced to a minimum. Supermassive Black Hole, the first single to be lifted from this CD, is a fantastic collision of Bootsy Collins-style bass and ridiculous falsetto vocals. And the rest? Well, for Muse, this is all pretty upbeat stuff, while the outstanding Soldier's Poem is, for a song one suspects was intended as a novelty item, just a heavenly track. That tune nicely segues into the theremin infused Invincible, which will find itself on repeat on many a CD player. Yes, Muse have lightened up and the stadiums they will fill as a result will be much happier places for it.