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I think someone asked about that fairly recently and Chris shut that idea down pretty quickly.

I’d say if anyone liked Moon Music but hated MOTS, my guess is that you’ll want to skip the musical altogether. It’s going to be very conceptual and feature aliens from different galaxies singing so this won’t be your typical Coldplay album and will probably annoy a lot of people You’ll want to comeback for LP12 which will sound like their beginnings of the 4 guys playing in a bedroom.

Music of the Spheres got a lot of fan hate except for one song called Coloratura which is a 10 min long prog epic and is regarded as one of the bands best songs ever. Definitely worth listening to that if nothing else, but the rest of the album I personally find enjoyable as it’s full of pop bangers. It’s only downfall is you don’t hear much Jonny on this album and/or his guitar is heavily filtered and produced. Moon Music has some more pop bangers but it is also really well produced. It’s eclectic (eg iAAM has this core Viva/MX full band sound followed by the entrancing techno dance track AETERNA) but flows really nicely and has some really nice ambient moments and things that will tickle the ears of Oldplayers. The whole album is worth a listen, there is no clear favourite unlike MOTS. Only downside that fans find frustrating is the seemingly generic lyricism and way to many la la la’s across the album. Despite that, the way Chris sings them is very heartfelt and genuine which shows he means what he sings. Some are even saying that this is the best album since Mylo Xyloto

Life in Technicolor ii vs Midnight

iAAM vs Paradise

Square One vs 🌈

Sleeping Sun vs Talk - Francois K Dub

Careful Where You Stand vs Sleeping Sun

Church vs JUPiTER

Lost! vs We Never Change

Speed of Sound vs Politik

Speed of Sound vs God Put a Smile Upon Your Face

Speed of Sound vs A Whisper

Talk vs AETERNA

iAAM vs Charlie Brown

Violet Hill vs 🌈

JUPiTER vs Man in the Moon

You feel it flow 😉 This song slaps, one of the albums best. Don’t care too much for the outro though, which could have been suited better as filler material on Everyday Life

Was lucky to attend the cinema event earlier. here’s my thoughts. I heard it in surround sound Dolby atmos, it was an awesome experience. Here are some of my preliminary thoughts: MOON MUSiC - 6.5? Awesome Forever Held intro. Coloratura-seque in second part. Unusual way to begin a Coldplayalbum with such a downer lyrically. It doesn’t work well as an album mood setter like other album openers. 4. JUPiTER - 7? Queer little ditty. Uplifting and very catchy. Surprise appearance from 2 Aliens - a tease for Vol iii? 5. GF - 9? Production super detailed. Guitar a little quiet compared to live. Funky af. Album highlight. 6. 🌈 - 8? Interesting. Shoegaze-ish moment ends rather abruptly compared to what leaked. No Yellow tour intro used. Feels like the ‘Colour Spectrum’ for Vol iii as faint but varying vocals are mixed in including Angel Moon. Maya’s line suits well with album cover. Ends with no transition into next track. 7. iAAM - 9? Brilliant and epic. Not really like DAAHF as some have said. 8. AETERNA - 9.5 BANGER, but flifil outro forgettable. Perfectly succinct song. Bass drop intro is epic. Production got a glow-up. (I kid you not the cinema walls were shaking with that pumping bass) 9. AML - 9? Better than expected. Nice guitar shimmers in stereo. Instrumentally exceptional. 10. ONE WORLD - 7? I THINK I HEARD MYSELF ON THIS???? Chirping Birds at start is the exact same audio as the HFTW intro. Takes its time and doesn’t rush to reach its climax. I need more time with this one. Hidden track is a troll. Why is lalalala all over this album??

Title track sounds absolutely phenomenal from the preview. Loving what this mystery alien busking song is too very much like AHFOD, no doubt it’s a sample from ALiEN HiTS/ALiEN RADiO 🌈 Very happy with how this albums turning out and I imagine it will get a good reception from everyone overall. Might end up in my Top 5 albums.

We will be the first Timezone to officially receive it, midnight October 4th. I will be heading to the cinema event October 2nd as well, apparently there are other surprises in store.

It will be actually…..for the Southern Hemisphere 😀 Exactly. Chris himself admits that he’s not the best lyricist. iAAM has cheesy lyrics like any Coldplay classic like Yellow or ASFOS. If you’re still here then to me you must like the cheesiness. Another thing to note is at this point of their career they have no need for introspection, no real angst or struggle to grapple with, just love for everything and everyone. As generic as that may sound, it is deeply important to them and so it will come through in the songs they make. AROBTTH - X&Y’s lyrics felt like Chris was facing a world of problems, but now in songs like iAAM any problem seems so insignificant because he knows how to deal with them now. He is a mountain. That’s inspiring.

The notebook suggests Alien Hits/Alien Radio might actually be a 4 in 1 thing… 1. Neon Forest 🌲 2. Aeterna 2 or One Nation 🌘🌘🌗🌕 3. One Nation or Jupiter Outro 🌈 4. ‘a bit 1 Sunshine’ or Aeterna 2 🔘☀️

Trouble in Town vs Only Superstition

God Put a Smile Upon Your Face vs feelslikeimfallinginlove