Muse Black Holes And Revelations (A Biography)

"I'm sure we go through cycles," says Matt, "like having a great time then getting jaded where the vibes are just a bit dark. But with the second coming of that cycle, we were like, 'oh god, we're going downhill again, we need to go home and not book a tour for a long time'.

But, "Absolution" was becoming a cult hit in the US so with the highs of Glastonbury behind them and with two sold out dates at Earls Court that Christmas to bolster their standing back home, Muse hit the mid West circuit, stripping away the arena flam and bluster and re-discovering the broiling, accident-prone three-piece beneath. "We went from playing these massive arenas in Europe to playing to 200 people in some pokey hole again," Matt laughs. "That's the price of getting too comfortable on large stages. But it was good to be treated like a new band over there and get that feeling of being discovered again.

Invigorated, Muse took a month off to work out where 'home' was - Matt relocated to a town just outside Milan, Chris and his ever-growing family remained in Teignmouth and Dom stuck about in London's 'trendy' Highbury - before reconvening in summer 2005 in the bat-infested Chateau Miraval studio in a Knights Templar town in Southern France. Matt: "It reminded me, if anything, of Devon. Most of the writing process started out there, being a quieter place and truly cut off from the lifestyle we had."
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