Sungazer traces the many frailties of the human condition over its forty-five-minute run time, and it’s a great reintroduction of the band to the public consciousness after a decade-long absence.

Plus Tax hits the nail on the head and gives a strong introduction to a promising new band.

Frozen Charlotte doesn’t reinvent the wheel or greatly expand upon the work that White has brought forth on previous records, but it’s damn good, picking up right where 2024’s No Name left off.

The album feels like a continuation of the business that the band started on Hackney Diamonds; at times, the quality of songs on Foreign Tongues supersedes that of Diamonds. While it is a longer album than its predecessor, it never once feels like a band at the end of the road. If anything, they seem more invigorated.

The re-recording - dubbed Count Your Blessings | Repented - vastly improves upon the quality of the track recordings and gives these songs the absolutely brutal moment in the limelight they’ve always deserved.

As a band, Muse has never been one for subtlety. Their ideas are as grandiose as their execution.

These tracks will fit in on any dance floor just fine.

“…while the results are mixed at times, the moments that stand out really do break through the scenery and leave a lasting impact, particularly when Keem is waxing autobiographical.”