On the tenth set of covers from her 2018 Obsessed series, vocalist
Lena Hall sets her sights on the spacy English alt-prog trio with
Obsessed: Muse. The four-song set is mostly culled from
Muse's 2003 album Absolution, with a lone
Black Holes & Revelations interpretation provided by the pastoral beauty of the lovelorn "Starlight." Retaining the urgency and angst of "Time Is Running Out," she builds tension and breaks it with her soaring vocals before capturing the tenderness on "Falling Away with You" and the swirling "Ruled by Secrecy," which sounds like
Tori Amos channeling Matt Bellamy. Stripped down and unplugged,
Hall delivers faithful renditions that capture the depth of emotion within each song, pulling them from the stadium and into a more intimate space. ~ Neil Z. Yeung