I used to listen to the band Muse a lot in high school. I was one of those quiet but rebellious types, so their music really resonated with me. As I got older and started my corporate career, the political messaging in their music, especially in their most recent album, felt a little too strong.

I am ready for it now.

If you’re feeling rage right now, like many of us are, I highly recommend listening to the entire “Will of the People” album by Muse. Really listen to it. Put on your headphones like we used to back in the day and take it all in.

Music has become background noise for me in my 30s, but I think it’s time to bring it back into focus.

Got any songs or albums you’d recommend with similar themes?

  • yyyesss?@lemmy.world
    5·
    2 days ago

    Grandson.

    Check out their newish single BRAINROT to start. That album Inertia is packed with great music.

    Yeah, watch the world fall off its axis Watch the bombs go off, paid for by your taxes Watch the Met Ball, watch the brainrot Watch the Go-Pro footage of the headshot

    Too relevant.

    Also check out Blood // Water.

    Great shit that really speaks.

    What you gon’ do when there’s blood in the water? The price of your greed is your son and your daughter What you gon’ do when there’s blood in the water?

  • venusaur@lemmy.world
    19·
    3 days ago

    Nobody said System? Maybe I missed it. Toxicity the album. Individual tracks: Prison Song, Deer Dance, BYOB.

    • papalonian@lemmy.world
      6·
      2 days ago

      Solid rec. System is the band for this. Prison System and Deer Dance have been up there with my favorite songs since the first time I heard the album.

      All research and successful drug policies show that treatment should be increased, and law enforcement decreased, while abolishing mandatory minimum sentences.

      BYOB is off Mezmerize, though.

  • brvslvrnst@lemmy.ml
    12·
    3 days ago

    I’m cruising through Rise Against constantly, because a ton of their songs resonate with my anger

    • lonefighter@sh.itjust.works
      3·
      3 days ago

      Rise Against is always my “The world is fucked I’m so mad” band. All their stuff is great, but Re-education(Through Labor), The First Drop, and Mourning in America are so incredible and so relevant.

  • DJKJuicy@sh.itjust.works
    7·
    3 days ago

    The first Rage Against The Machine album feels more relevant today then when it was released. Like this is the first time I’ve really, really felt like RATMs intended audience and not a 3rd person.

  • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.socialEnglish
    9·
    3 days ago

    Not a whole album but I had found this little modern folk song specifically about the current state of the US a while back:

    https://open.spotify.com/track/5ff9fGBykcLIctsvauVTod

    Oh say can you see what I see The future ain’t what it used to be And I’m not proud of anything That I have seen tonight

    So tell me ‘bout that flag you wave And what your bumper stickers say And how you parse apart your faith Who’s seated on the right?

    So dress up in your suit and tie And say your thank yous real polite And raise your arm out to the sky Your fuhrer is your friend

    And when that grifter steps in shit They lick his boots from heel to tip Or feel the wrath of all of it Praise Jesus Christ amen

    Cause now we’re great again

    Dissolve the law and federal courts Defund the peer reviewed reports Retract the hand that feeds the poor The hungry ones can’t speak

    So raise a glass to business whores The autocrats and saboteurs And text the world about your wars Let flow your whiskey leaks

    Berate the south, invade the north And conquer all impoverished shores Identify and then extort All those who lack defense

    Forget the Paine of Common Sense We reign with our incompetence And designate all immigrants As sick and evil men

    Cuz now… we’re great again

    Then Francis Key tries to explain That freedom’s not a first class train Your red hat cannot be exchanged As credit toward your rent

    The land of all the free’s a lie So where do all the brave reside The bombs are bursting through the sky That’s where your money went

    A modern Betsy Ross has made A flag that fascists celebrate Our motto now commemorates The sword above the pen

    No we are not inspired hosts Your huddled and your tired folks Are propaganda for our shows And we are not your friend

    But now… we’re great again

    Now weakness is admitting wrong So do your part and play along The showroom on the White House lawn Would make your grandad proud

    So tell me who needs enemies When you’ve got Fox and friends like these Who spend the daytime on their knees In service to the crown

    We bow down to the motorcades With banners and our boat parades The emperor we celebrate’s Not wearing anything

    That starry spangled banner waves Goodbye to golden yesterdays The ramparts now have all been raised To clearly represent

    That now… somehow… we are great again