Coldplay Produces Big Ass Music, The Sun Freaks Out
May 27, 2008
It’s too easy to hate on Coldplay – they’re so earnest, Chris Martin is so transparently lame and it’s clear that they gave up on being diminished Radiohead and decided to become Mega Travis or Ultra Keane. Which, you know, is good for them, I respect their gangster. But the music has always been…meh.
But if Gordon Smart, The Sun’s music crtic is right, their new album is amazing. “The band have really pushed the boundaries of what we expect from an album, producing a beautiful, serious and sometimes testing 45-minute disc.” Uhh what?
I don’t want to cast aspersions on Mr. Smart, but isn’t it possible that the reason he was able to review the album first is because EMI knew he’d write such a sycophantic review? Just saying…
The album is called Viva La Vida, it’s going to drop on June 12th, and here’s a youtube of the song we’ve been hearing on those iPod commercials. Watch it now, it’s probably going to get copyright claimed by EMI really soon.
