Shocked you've never heard of this band. I haven't listened to the new album other than the single, but they have previously reminded me of a heavier Radiohead. And they have a Queen vibe too.

the lead singer bought a jetpack with the money from their first album.

The jetpack thing makes me like them more. Aside from their overplayed single from last year, the only thing I know about them is that I once briefly talked to [one of] their lawyer[s] and he actually said "They're big in Europe."

What was the single?

"Absolution" maybe?

Just listened to some of their older singles: sounds much more like Radiohead and Queen than the current album.

Absolution... I remember really liking that song. When did that come out? As I recall I downloaded the rest of the album and wasn't as impressed with the rest of it as I was with that one song and gave up on them. But I think that was a long time ago. I'd totally forgotten.

Although looking at the lyrics, maybe I'm remembering something else.

I would download the song, but I've got the feeling that my Internet provider is spying on my online activities and I'm avoiding doing anything legally/morally questionable until I've switched off my current account.

(really Lorelei)

I think it was "Time Is Running Out." Come to think of it, was that the same band? [googles] Yes. It was good until it got burned into my synapses from overexposure.

Yes! That was the song. I liked that, whenever that came out. Good call Lorelei!

I remember hearing "Time is Running Out" as well as "Hysteria" a lot. I am surprised I didn't think of the Buckley comparison before, as I tried to re-listen to their last album last night and it sounded like heavy Radiohead with Thom Buckley or was it Jeff Yorke on vocals.

I don't recognize "Time is Running Out" from the iTunes clip. And it doesn't sound like the new album at all.

Now that I look at the track listing for this new one, I can add that "Knights of Cydonia" is really popular with DJs at LA commercial rock stations right now. It didn't strike me as mind-bendingly awesome, but then neither did OK Computer.

Knights of Cydonia is catchy, but I think it's possibly the most hokey track on the album. I don't know why they didn't make "Supermassive Black Hole" the first US single.

the dorky title?

"Knights of Cydonia"?

Fair point.