🪐 Coldplay: Music of the Spheres 🪐 | Out Now! | Discussion

[Miha]

I don't think the album is finished yet so maybe we have a similar situation to Mylo Xyloto here where they debuted ETIAW and other songs before releasing an album in the fall. The general feel of the album should be close to what they had with Higher Power, since Max Martin is now the main man for them. 

 

 

[Westminster]

Seriously, despite the fact that the song is great...

BUT: Chris' dance moves and the dance they are doing is absolutely amazing,  i love it!!!?

[Coeurli]

1 hour ago, I ran away said:

I read up on the success of Blinding Lights yesterday and I saw that the Weeknd has used EXACTLY the same word about Max Martin, curiously. That they have a great friendship and it's like a marriage that has come together...

I personally think Blinding Lights and Save Your tears are excellent songs so that m.o. seems to be working well for all parties involved!  

Also Chris sounds really, really, really excited about working with Max Martin (and not because of his status), so it's probably been quite a creative time for them.

45 minutes ago, ToniMoreno said:

Well, I´m a quite disapointed because Chris said after AHFOD that Coldplay will not do an conventional album in the future, that they are now in other "stage". This was true with EL. But it seems that this new LP (¿Music of the spheres?) will be another conventional album with more pop songs instead rock/pop-rock of their early albums. We will see. I wish I´m wrong.

 

About the song. I think its better than pthers pop hits like SJLT o SKY, but is very pop. And its sad no hear any Jhony solo...

Conventional doesn't necessarily mean in terms of music genre... So far they've launched their hit song from space, invented a whole ass world and language and are working on a more environmentally friendly tour.... It's not exactly conventional  

Also we know nothing as to what the album is going to sound like. Apparently there will be lots of collaborations (maybe like in EL), which can lead to rather unconventional results!

44 minutes ago, Famous_Old_Painter said:

Do you think it's true that they're "working om an album"? 

I think at this point the album is finished.

It could be but there is no way of knowing. My point was that Coldplay has not admitted publicly to even be working on an album at all. Chris only accidentally confirmed that Higher Power is part of the next album.  

[Famous_Old_Painter]

1 hour ago, Miha said:

I don't think the album is finished yet so maybe we have a similar situation to Mylo Xyloto here where they debuted ETIAW and other songs before releasing an album in the fall. The general feel of the album should be close to what they had with Higher Power, since Max Martin is now the main man for them. 

 

 

You could be right. I just think that there is so much stuff going on. Seems like they've got the concept ready and are ready to drop the bomb ? 

[Westminster]

Anyone knows or has an idea which brand Chris' shoes are?

Even if they're customized.

[lennyrott1]

On the topic of conventional albums... Chris says a lot of stuff and when he said that I took it with a grain of salt. Coldplay is worth hundreds of millions to their record label so big collabs and Tik Tok attempts like HP are inevitable. 

What he may mean is that we may never get an album that tried to stick to conventional formatting ever again. On Zane Lowe he spoke of how many artists drop tons of singles and lump them into a project because nowyou can explore so many genres. So perhaps Music of the Spheres conceptually is different planets and genres -- Kaotica has 80's music, some other planet has latin music,etc. Idk, but I agree we could see a Kaotica or Alien Radio EP this summer as they finish the upcoming album. Maybe it'll be a double record again? Who knows, but HP will probably be the only thing we have for the next month or two. 

Edited May 8, 2021 by lennyrott1

[maeli]

In the interviews, chris said they have a lot to share with us. They wanted to come out with it as early as 2020, but because of the pandemic it didn't work. it's clear to me that the new album is already finished. the boys are just waiting to see how the pandemic develops. They'll release the album when they think it's time for it. 

So to me it seems like the album is already finished.

That they have now released the single and are observing the situation and want to release the album at the end of the year is due to the pandemic. They want to see how it develops

 

Edited May 8, 2021 by maeli

[pectoralz96]

21 hours ago, I ran away said:

Not gonna lie, hearing in a couple of interviews (e.g. Zane Lowe) today that Chris had to audition the songs for Max Martin before the producer decided if he would work on them gave me traumatic pre-AHFOD album release flashbacks. Because in interviews back then Chris said the exact same thing about Stargate.

I know Max Martin is leagues above Stargate, but still i feel this spells no good for the album. I feel like all recent albums where big name producers had a power over the band's input weren't as good as the ones where the producers were less high-profile people who grew up alongside the band and have worked with them for a long time like Rik Simpson, Dan Green and the Dream Team.

Sometimes I feel like the guys listen to much to their producers and forget how genius they are. I heard this outsider influence in High Power. They're totally capable of doing great pop songs by themselves. I wish they could remember that.

[maeli]

7 minutes ago, pectoralz96 said:

Sometimes I feel like the guys listen to much to their producers and forget how genius they are. I heard this outsider influence in High Power. They're totally capable of doing great pop songs by themselves. I wish they could remember that.

You are absolutely right. Sometimes I think Chris is lying to himself. For me this action with Stargate and now with Max Martin seems like they really want a new number 1 single ... But they forget that they got the last good singles with Brian Eno and Rik ... a bit weird the whole thing ...

[Doomotron]

7 hours ago, The Adversary said:

I’m going to vote with my wallet this time and simply not buy the album. 

We've only heard one song from the album, so I think making the decision not to buy it up to a year before the album releases is a bit of an overreaction. I didn't like Higher Power but I'm not going to disregard the rest of Music Of The Spheres because of it.

[gai]

About the album being finished or not, in one of the interviews Will and Guy did, they were asked if the album name would be alien radio. Guy said they are still working on it, so they don't know. Will added that there is a lot to still do. I do think they are still working on it (definitely lying about not knowing the name), but most of the songs, if not all, are already there. I'm expecting the album to land in a few months as well. With more opportunities to promote in person, have a few promo shows in different locations. 

I am excited for the idea that songs are coming from different planets to make up an album called music of the spheres. It can end up being even more varied than EL genres. But all we can safely assume for now is that we will get a commercial album this time around, not another EL.

[Famous_Old_Painter]

8 hours ago, gai said:

About the album being finished or not, in one of the interviews Will and Guy did, they were asked if the album name would be alien radio. Guy said they are still working on it, so they don't know. Will added that there is a lot to still do. I do think they are still working on it (definitely lying about not knowing the name), but most of the songs, if not all, are already there. I'm expecting the album to land in a few months as well. With more opportunities to promote in person, have a few promo shows in different locations. 

I am excited for the idea that songs are coming from different planets to make up an album called music of the spheres. It can end up being even more varied than EL genres. But all we can safely assume for now is that we will get a commercial album this time around, not another EL.

Perhaps it's like you say, only design, tracklisting etc left to do. And yeah I think they know what the name of the album is finns be = Music Of The Spheres ?

[merril]

Where can I find the interview with Will and Guy?

[Coeurli]

12 minutes ago, merril said:

Where can I find the interview with Will and Guy?

There is a very convenient thread with all the latest interviews!  Find it here : https://coldplaying.com/forums/topic/80850-higher-power-interviews-masterthread/

 

[Batman]

13 minutes ago, Coeurli said:

There is a very convenient thread with all the latest interviews!  Find it here : https://coldplaying.com/forums/topic/80850-higher-power-interviews-masterthread/

 

THANKS MY DUDE who would have thought that after 15 friggn years I'm still as invested in this band as ever dhdfhdf

[merril]

1 hour ago, Coeurli said:

Coeurli, thanks very much!

 

 

[Famous_Old_Painter]

2 hours ago, Coeurli said:

There is a very convenient thread with all the latest interviews!  Find it here : https://coldplaying.com/forums/topic/80850-higher-power-interviews-masterthread/

 

Thank you so much! 

Listening to the interviews. The guys are trying so hard not to say too much about the album ?

[42Escapist]

Looks like they're using even more MX-style designs on the instruments than what could be seen in the Higher Power video. I can't see it too well but it looks like the writing is in Kaotican. I wish I could translate it, but it's too blurry to be done very easily. If I had a little more time this evening, I'd sit down and try to decode it. If it's anything like the MX graffiti writing, it may consist of song lyrics.

 

Edited May 10, 2021 by 42Escapist

[maeli]

Very interesting. I counted 11 planets(with the infinite symbol). Maybe we can look forward to 10 more songs? Higher power sounds great live.

Edited May 10, 2021 by maeli

[strawberrytom]

Ok so I try and not complain about big differences between the studio and live versions of songs because it’s nice for live versions to pack an extra punch but WOW I wish Johnny was so up in the mix on the studio version like he is in on the live version, sounds amazing 
 

 

[Bauk]

This performance is great!! I'm so excited, can't wait for a tour... 

[Su_Xyloto]

4 hours ago, maeli said:

Very interesting. I counted 11 planets(with the infinite symbol). Maybe we can look forward to 10 more songs? Higher power sounds great live.

It seems a good theory. A week ago I counted 12 symbols and a new theory could be that maybe higher power has the infinite symbol associated to it instead of the triangle or the spiral as someone theorised in this thread before. But we never know ahaha

Edit: I just rechecked and in fact there are 10 planets (one of them looks pretty much the same as higher power sphere), 1 moon and the infinite symbol. So it's still 12 'things' so I keep my theory of the 12 songs but I keep my idea that the triangle is the symbol associated to HP. Just doesn't make much sense for me to have the infinite symbol in the same system as the spheres. It could mean "Universe"(?), Maybe the last song of the album(?),I don't know. Also, the moon for me looks a lot like a prelude/interlude before/after the song associated to the red sphere. Anyways, so curious to discover more! 

Edited May 10, 2021 by Su_Xyloto

[stepstr]

Now these talks about planets and another possible alien language besides Kaotican... I feel we'll get more answers from their Glasto set bc it's gonna be the first *proper* gig

[Famous_Old_Painter]

Thoughts about higherpowerspaceship.com?

[MosesTheMarshmallow]

16 hours ago, 42Escapist said:

Looks like they're using even more MX-style designs on the instruments than what could be seen in the Higher Power video. I can't see it too well but it looks like the writing is in Kaotican. I wish I could translate it, but it's too blurry to be done very easily. If I had a little more time this evening, I'd sit down and try to decode it. If it's anything like the MX graffiti writing, it may consist of song lyrics.

 

As a lot of us were expecting, the guitar is amazing in the live version and annoyingly absent from the studio version. Especially when Jonny is LOUDLY doubling the synth riff, and the atmospherics in the 2nd verse. The guitar and bass are just so DIRTY and I love it. Will's vocals are so strong too - you could basically consider this to be a duet!