Half of The Resistance demonstrates that Muse has “grown up” a little, and the other half – the second half – demonstrates that they really haven’t grown up at all and are still overly concerned with making over-the-top, lush arrangements that are too self-involved for their own good; the band is channeling Queen with more frequency (and doing a better job at it) than before, managing to avoid sounding like a Queen cover band but stuffing all of the audio theatrics that entails.

Rating: 7.1 / 10

September 14, 2009
Warner Bros./Helium 3