Muse will release new album ‘The Wow! Signal' on 26th June 2026 via Warner Records, and they're giving fans a taste of what's to come with new single ‘Cryogen'.
‘Cryogen' is urgent and explosive across its entire five minutes. After a squelching intro, Muse let loose a sky-scraping spiral of guitar before plunging into a roiling pool of smashing drums, grinding bass, and dramatic vocals. Take a listen to the song, which was written and produced by Muse with Dan Lancaster, with additional production from Aleks von Korff, below:
Muse announced the release of ‘The Wow! Signal' in a broadcast from space last month. The band will embark on an extensive North American amphitheater run, starting with a 2nd July headliner at Milwaukee’s Summerfest and culminating at Los Angeles’ iconic Hollywood Bowl on 31st August.
The music and visuals that Muse have released so far are revealing the new album’s themes bit by bit. ‘The Wow! Signal' takes its name from one of the most compelling interstellar mysteries of the last century: a powerful 72-second radio burst detected in 1977 originating from the constellation Sagittarius with a bandwidth and intensity that suggested a possible extraterrestrial source. The astronomer who discovered the anomaly famously circled the now-iconic sequence “6EQUJ5” and wrote “WOW!” on the printout beside it — giving the signal its name and cementing its place in scientific and pop-culture lore.
The track listing for ‘The WOW! Signal' is:
- The Dark Forest
- Nightshift Superstar
- Shimmering Scars
- Cryogen
- Be With You
- Hexagons
- The Sickness In You & I
- Unravelling
- Hush
- Space Debris
