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Last, but by no means least... The Resistance, reviewed by our LA correspondant Taylor Owen.

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The Resistance is an album with no restraints. It grabs your attention with the first couple of songs and takes you on a long, tiring journey through its unique freedom that is unheard of in most modern rock (if you want to call it that) albums. I hear so many older bands that are influenced by the new musical style flying all over radio and MTV. They try to sound like this new type of rock and they usually lose the originality they once had. What makes The Resistance so special is that it doesn’t try to copy newer music. Muse seems to take what’s really popular today and somehow gives it a fresher, more original look. Of course, this is to be expected from Muse, I’m just telling you to somehow assure you that the album is amazing. In fact, I would make the bold statement of calling The Resistance the best Muse album yet. Due to its great, screaming message, The Resistance is yearning to be released to the public. The messages about love and resistance really spoke to me personally, and I’m sure they will speak to a much larger audience too. The music is definitely their most impressive; I think that Exogenesis, the 12-minute, orchestral epic, is their best song yet. To quell some fears that I have seen floating around the Internet, the dance songs aren’t bad. In fact, they fit the whole album perfectly. I’m sure that when The Resistance is released, you will make your own judgment, but, for me at least, it filled my head with wonderful ideas and made me change my perspective of music itself.