Chris Wolstenholme has opened up about the future of Muse, and suggested that the band are already thinking about a new album.
The bassist opened up about potential new material from the band during a new interview with Leona Graham, and suggested that fans can hope to see a new album being shared in 2026.
During the interview, Wolstenholme was asked about the current status of the band – particularly with them not being signed to any label at the moment – and asked if this is something that would have to change before they could share any new music.
“We will [sign to a label], obviously. I think we’re gonna start work on the next record fairly soon,” he responded. “I think for the last few albums we’ve been with Warner and we’ve extended after each album. We may do the same again; we may go with a new label, who knows.”
He continued, adding that the break between now and their last studio release, 2022’s ‘Will Of The People’, felt “natural” to take after their time touring, and that the members aren’t as willing to share a new record as often as they did in the past.
“When you finish touring an album, and [when] the band has been around a bit longer, the gaps between albums get a little bit bigger. I don’t think we can be banging out new albums every two years like we used to,” he explained. “But it gives you that opportunity to reset a little bit and think about what’s gonna happen going forward.”
“I think we’ll start very, very soon, like in the next couple of months,” Wolstenholme added, giving an idea of the timeframe needed. “We’ve got a few gigs in June. Only a handful – that’s the only gigs we’re doing this year.
“I don’t think the idea is to do anything really serious until next year, so I would imagine that 2026 will be a new album, barring any disasters.”
The interview with Wolstenholme comes just months after he shared details of a new project called Chromes and dropped two debut singles. The band saw the bassist take on frontman duties, which came after he sang lead and wrote lyrics for songs ‘Save Me’ and ‘Liquid State’ on Muse’s 2012 album ‘The 2nd Law’.
As for the other members, the time since ‘Will Of The People’ has seen frontman Matt Bellamy welcome his second child with partner Elle Evans, and also record a score for an Audible version of 1984.
Around the time of ‘Will Of The People’s release, Bellamy spoke to NME about what the title of the album means, and said that he feels that a sense of change is coming across society.
Reflecting on the coronavirus pandemic, the war in Ukraine and the cost of living crisis, the frontman said: “I think everyone knows we want a revolution, but we definitely don’t want a bunch of authoritarian lunatics from the right. That’s the last thing we want.
“And also we don’t want a total communist situation on the hard left either. I think what we want is something completely new. I don’t think it exists out there at the moment, but I think there’s a new type of politics that could emerge,” he added. “I would call it Meta-Centrism. It’s an oscillation between liberal, libertarian values for individuals – your social life, the ability to be whatever gender you are, all that kind of stuff – but then more socialist on things like land ownership, nature and energy distribution. It’s oscillation between the two poles.”
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