Muse drummer Dom Howard has posted a picture from the studio as the band begin work on their new studio album. The photo shows Howard tuning his snare drum as he sets up his kit. It is accompanied by the caption “The setup has started.” Speaking about their plans for the new album, frontman Matt Bellamy said, “I have this strong feeling that the next album should be something that really does strip away the additional things that we’ve experimented with on the last two albums, which is electronics, symphonics and orchestral work and all that kind of stuff.” Muse’s new studio album will be their seventh, and the follow-up to their 2013 release, The 2nd Law