After gig interview in NME

NME: Welcome back! How do you think it went tonight?
Chris: Not bad for a first gig.
Dominic: It went well. We played three new ones, people kind of got it straight away. We were really nervous, but it was cool, I think we got away with it.
Matt: I was good. I really enjoyed playing that last song, Knight of Cydonia.

Interview on Radio1:

So which new ones went down the best?
Matt : KOC went down well for being such a weird song. I'm glad it did.
Dom : It was great to see people just getting 'Starlight' straight away too. But the riff at the end of KOC really did kick off!

Was that spontaneous then?
Matt: It's a song that's always taking on new dimensions, even when we were recording it. In a few years, I imagine it'll be a monster!

Supermassive Black Hole is real departure. When did you start singing like Prince Matt?
Matt : I'm not sure. I've always been fond of a bit falsetto. I did a bit on the second album on 'Micro Cuts' that was a bit operatic sounding. But since then I've always wanted to do a song that's falsetto but not operatic.

What's the influence for changing the style?
Matt: [it's influeneced by] guitar bands trying ti steal the dancefloor back from R&B and rap, which have dominated for the last 10 years, and bands like Franz have done a very good job of that.

What else is coming up then?
Dom: We've got a few gigs in Italy then festivals.
Matt: Before the album comes out we'll do some kind of gig in London. But basically years of touring!
Dom: Around October, November, December we'll be doing indoor shows.

Playing the Carling weekend: Reading and Leeds Festivals must be a big challenge - Artic Monkeys are on before you. Are you worried you'll be upstaged?
Matt: The Monkeys are great, I saw them play in New York, great lyrics.
Dom: It's going to be an amazing show. Reaging's the first festival we really went to. I remember seeing Rage Angainst the Machine and Weezer and thinking 'One day we're going to play on it'. But then you look at it and think 'That's massive!'

New songs:
Supermassive Black Hole: The new single is by far the poppiest thing Muse have ever done - a three-and-a-half-minute tune featuring a funky, driving Franz Ferdinand-style riff and falsetto Prince-style vocals from Matt. Seems to refer to a failed relationship, with lines such as "You're the queen of the superficial/How long before you let me go?" and "I thought I was a fool for no one/ Ooh baby I'm a fool for you." Muse could well be looking at their biggest hit - their highest chart placing so far is Number Eight for TIRO in 2003.

Starlight: Another surefire future single, 'Starlight' is a fuzzed-up guitar tune, with a recuring, catchy, U2-style piano refrain. Again the lyrics seem to concern the vagaries of romance with a chorus of "I'll never let you go/ If you promise not to fade away.". Also contains the line "Our hopes and expectations/Balck holes and revelations" from which the album title was taken.

Knights of Cydonia: An over-the-top epic more in the style of past Muse records. Features an extended keyboard intro and Queen-style multitracked vocals and guitars. The lyrics suggest a political bent, with a defiant Bellamy asking "How can we win when fools can be kings?" before stating "You and I will fight for our lives/You and I will fight to survive/No-one'sgonna take me alive, the time has come to make things right."