Muse has released 'Cryogen', the third single from their upcoming 10th album 'The Wow! Signal', set for June 26. The track, which debuted live at Brixton Academy in London earlier this month, features a guitar riff reminiscent of 'Plug In Baby' and production by Dan Lancaster and Aleks von Korff. Frontman Matt Bellamy's lyrics evoke heartache amid cosmic imagery.
The Devon-based band shared 'Cryogen' following previous singles 'Unravelling' from last year and the recent lead track 'Be With You'. The song nods to Muse's earlier gothic space rock sound from albums like 2001's 'Origin Of Symmetry' and 2006's 'Black Holes & Revelations', complete with a thunderous breakdown and polished production courtesy of touring member Dan Lancaster, known for work with Bring Me The Horizon and Blink-182, alongside Aleks von Korff. Bellamy sings of emotional desolation: “Winter’s end, she’s Europa, I’m a cracked interloper / Icicles pierce my heart so cruel and quiet / Loneliness, she left me trembling in a polar desert / Wilderness, I’m breaking…Cryogen, I can never cry again / Cryogen, I’m freezing over.” Per a press release, 'The Wow! Signal' draws its name from a 1977 radio burst detected from the constellation Sagittarius, marked by astronomer Jerry Ehman with 'WOW!' next to the sequence '6EQUJ5'. The album delves into cosmic mystery, existential hope, and potential extraterrestrial contact. Muse toured Europe last year, headlining Madrid’s Mad Cool Festival in place of Kings Of Leon, which NME called an “era-spanning, revolutionary space-tacular”. The band has announced a 2026 North American arena tour with Bloc Party, The Temper Trap, and Portugal. The Man, with UK and European dates forthcoming after Bellamy's tease of a November return during their recent London show.