Muse release new track 'Thought Contagion'

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Muse have released a new track called "Thought Contagion" from an upcoming album (which is apparently nowhere near finished) expected for release around autumn 2018 or early 2019.

The British rock band shared the song after teasing it on their social media accounts over the past few days. The release follows the band's single "Dig Down" which was released last year.

They also shared an official video for "Thought Contagion" which you can watch below:

Unsurprisingly the track follows political themes. Before its release, frontman Matt Bellamy told Rolling Stone what inspired it: "Probably watching American news stations. We're living in an age where these sort of ideologies, people's belief systems, whether they are true or false, are getting a lot of air time, especially ones on the false side. I think that we're living in an unusual period where a lot of airtime is being given to crazy ideas. The flip side is that we're living in a time where pointing out someone's inaccuracies, using science for example, is becoming increasingly difficult. Sometimes it's even perceived as an insensitive thing to do.

"The verses are me streaming off anxieties and feelings, which in the course of the song, I'm wondering whether they're actually mine or not. I don't know to what extent I'm influenced by others. Sometimes your anxieties about the world or your anxieties about the world of the future can be lessened by turning the news off and turning your phone off for a few days. You then realise that everything is fine."

He added of the as-of-yet untitled record: "The album will be a very mixed bag. The songs are going to be quite different in spots and we're also interested in doing some genre-blending and era-blending.”​