Longtime fan, first time poster (just found the site & forum yesterday).
I'm very excited at the prospect of new music. As someone who only has a few favorite bands, and bands that typically see a longer release cycle than normal) I am JAZZED at the thought of an experimental Coldplay album.
Full disclosure...I wasn't as big a fan of AHFOD as I was of VLV or even MX (and to some extent, with a newfound life perspective, GS). I still enjoyed it, I guess, but it just came along at a time in my life when I was in the middle of some some serious stuff and I just wasn't as grabbed by it as I was VLV or MX.
BUT...dang...between this, the new ELO, The Killers seemingly close® to releasing new material, RHCP working on new stuff, new Broken Bells, and then even the talk of new Adele (my wife's a big fan, and one of her songs was our wedding song), this is a great time for me and music.
Thank you all, in advance, for being so welcoming.