Originally posted by JuJuman:[..]
Will it also be produced by Brian Eno? I'm certainly curious too.
On a related note: if the next U2 album will be out this Autumn, it might prove hard to compete with Coldplay - just because they're younger, talented, and perhaps fresher. Unless U2 pull out another commercially successful album out of the hat. Unless Bono was meaning Autumn 2012 by 'next Autumn' the other day...
Brian Eno has been interviewed by Exclaim.ca in time for their March 2011 magazine, and he talks about working in the studio with Coldplay on the recent LP5 sessions, and what he sees going on. Below are the Coldplay excerpts that are relevant...
You really are coaching them [Coldplay] quite closely to bring out their greatest potential.
Yes, well, that was the case with the first record I did with them. On this one I have a slightly more unusual relationship, which we call the cat-flap arrangement...
Which is what?
So there's a cat flap in their studio, and I occasionally crawl in and have a listen to what's going on, make a few comments and crawl out again. And you know, they occasionally will say, "Uh, got any time next week that you can make it through the cat flap?" So it's a much more distant relationship this time. They've picked up the cues from the last time and are kind of running with them this time. I think what happens after you've worked with people a few times, you start to understand which part of the process somebody is really useful for and that's when you want them there.
Right, so there's a lot less talking going on essentially.
Yes. And I think you don't want everybody there all the time. It's not very productive. If everybody's there all the time, probably 60 percent of the people are not doing anything, so they are sort of sitting around reading things or looking at things on Google, or fiddling about, or whatever they're doing. It's much better to have a smaller number of people in the room and have focused attention, then have everybody there. I always think that since somebody's reading a magazine in the studio, it's like a leak. You know, there's sort of something disappearing through that hole.Source
Originally posted by colbourne25:new single leaked anywhere?
Originally posted by LikeASong:[..]
You seriously can NOT wait three days? It will be available for free streaming this Saturday...
Originally posted by EyesWithPrideB3:I would like a bootleg of their 2011 Lollapalooza performance, please. It has not taken place yet, anyone taped?!?
Originally posted by colbourne25:Geez man settle was just asking
Good afternoon. As previously announced, Coldplay's new single, Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall, will make its worldwide radio debut tomorrow (Friday) lunchtime - at which point it will also be made available to download from digital stores (apart from in the UK, where it will be released at midnight on Saturday/Sunday).
The following UK stations will all be playing the track sometime after 11.30am BST (find out what time that is where you are here) and, if you click the links below, you can listen to any of the stations live online.
- BBC Radio 1
- BBC Radio 2
- BBC 6 Music
- Absolute Radio
- Xfm
We'll also be adding a stream of the track to the Coldplay.com front page at 12 noon.
Anchorman