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Don't need to hear them if that's how they're promoting the album with those two songs it'll be trash

Originally posted by dylbagz:Don't need to hear them if that's how they're promoting the album with those two songs it'll be trash

That is just sillyand highly judgemental. How will we know what the other songs will sound like? Jake Bugg's first two singles off his new album were rockers and all his fans instantly jumped the gun suggesting that he had gone all Bob Dylan and that the entire album was going to be featuring an electric guitar, yet funnily enough only one or two other songs were in that category. The rest of the songs were mellow acoustic tracks or similar to his previous debut album. You never know how the album is going to pan out.

bartajax

11 years

Pretty good song imo. Nice they just gonna release this ablum out of nowhere, cool stuff.

Ali709

11 years

I actually enjoyed this one. Didn't get into Midnight that much but this one is nice. I'm happy they've managed to make such a surprise release and with such a change of sound.

Andrew_C

11 years

A new album means a new tour, that's reason enough to be excited.

wangmaster

11 years

loving Magic, it's a nice little song; its like a slower, less-busy Charlie Brown.

i'm somewhat relieved it seems they're gonna balance the Kid A antics with their more pop side.

jmushouse

11 years

Muuuuch better than Midnight. On second listen, its a great song. I think it'll go great on a B-Stage setting. Looking forward to iTunes Festival next week.

Genaro92U2

11 years

I think both are fantastic, omg I don't want to jump the gun but could this be their best?!!? Or at least better than Viva and Mylo

Genaro92U2

11 years

Love that they aren't promoting it with bombastic songs like Teardrop or Violet Hil. All my favorite Coldplay songs are mellow such as Up With the Birds, Strawberry Swing, Amsterdam etc, so if this album is more in that direction I'm all for it.

Could be their Zooropa

fabian

11 years

I did like Midnight better than Magic at first, but the latter is really growing on me, while I am still a fan of Midnight.

You might want to listen to this one man band cover of Midnight to see how it could be played live:

Also, coldplay.com has been revamped.

Ali709

11 years

Here is a nice article about the new album and sound:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/music-news/10673331/Coldplay-the-discreet-return-of-the-biggest-band-in-the-world.html

and I guess such a comparison was bound to happen:

It is interesting to compare and contrast their approach with their heroes U2, who have been gearing up for their own return. Bono has made comments about both his nervousness and U2’s eagerness to re-establish their status as the world’s greatest rock band, the implication being that there is a lot at stake here, continued relevance or a slide into retro nostalgia. After a long absence (U2 last released an album in 2009, Coldplay in 2011) the Irish band emerged with a track, Invisible, previewed during the US Super Bowl for maximum impact, and given away as a free charity-based download, with a brash, triumphalist live video. Produced by Danger Mouse, the song has an electronic pulse that attempts to realign U2 with the new pop sensibility. And yet everything about it seems big, forceful and, consequently, oddly old-fashioned compared with Coldplay’s self-confident mysteriousness.

fabian

11 years

Thanks for that Ali.

'Produced by Danger Mouse, the song has an electronic pulse that attempts to realign U2 with the new pop sensibility.'

This may be the main problem: while other bands are paving the roads to new genres (like Coldplay did with Midnight or Muse with Madness, Follow Me and Unsustainable), U2 is just trying to follow these roads and stay relevant, which eventually makes them irrelevant.

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