Ep.1: Trve. Crvp. Pop!: Muse - Simulation Theory

Hey there! It's the long awaited return of Trve. Crvp. Pop!, the bonus podcast where we try and decipher what the worst album of all time is.

Sorry it's been a while, we've been busy, plus, in all honesty, neither of us wanted to listen to this weeks STINKING album. In the dock this week is Simulation Theory by the modern prog-rock megastars Muse, released on the 9th of November 2018. Steve and Sam have very different relationships with Muse, one likes the early stuff and one... well, doesn't. So what is it about this particular Muse album that is considered so heinous? Well, after a string of well received records over the early part of their career, people started to question Muse in the early part of the 2010's, leading to a supposed "return to rock" comeback with the album Drones in 2015... thing is, not many people cared for Drones that much. Which meant Muse were at something of a crossroads in their career; try again to get rock fans back onside or do something totally different to shock the world. They went for the latter, ditching the ideas of both acoustic and hip-hop (thank God) centric albums to do... well, some Stranger Things, 80's synth, Sci-fi, fight the power bullshit. Is it any good?... We'll tell you here.