SINGLING OUT THE BEST OF THE WEEK

MUSE singer Matt Bellamy and guitarist Jeff Beck are the latest rock stars to release new songs unexpectedly from isolation, following in the footsteps of Bob Dylan, Queen and the Rolling Stones. Bellamy’s Tomorrow’s World, only his second solo release, is a grandiose but tuneful ballad that reflects on his feelings in lockdown. Sung in a powerful falsetto pitched between Queen and Radiohead, it comes with a home video of moody landscape footage and his pet dog. Jeff Beck is joined by actor Johnny Depp — a surprisingly solid vocalist — on a cover of John Lennon’s Isolation. Depp says that Lennon’s sentiments are well-timed and it’s hard to argue, although the duo’s histrionic take, almost twice as long as Lennon’s understated 1970 original, outstays its welcome. Dylan’s resurgence continues apace, with crunching 12-bar blues False Prophet his third new song in six weeks and a new album in the pipeline. Meanwhile, actress Florence Pugh yesterday made her first foray into music, joining Simon Armitage on an atmospheric, synth-backed reading of Armitage’s new poem Lockdown. And, like Dua Lipa, Jessie Ware is dancing her way through quarantine. Her new disco single Save A Kiss channels the spirit of Studio 54.