Famous Old Painter

AHFOD: We're working with Beyonce, Stargate, Aviici and there's a song inspired by Flo Rida Everyday Life: We're working with the Kuti family, Jacob Collier and using leftover ideas from Brian Eno Yeah, I think I'm allowed to feel more excited this time around!

Hard disagree. Imagine Viva la Vida without Jon Hopkins, Davide Rossi or Brian Eno?

I keep listening to this song over and over. I can’t believe they actually did this. Like, Jesus Christ guys, where the hell have you been the last 10 years?

I dunno, the fact the two singles sound so different, and the fact it’s a double album, still gives me no idea what to expect

Sideways one

I went in as a complete cynical bastard - Coldplay have burnt me so much this past decade. But I have to agree with everything you said. Both of these songs are extremely special

That's why I said a lead single and not the lead single

Don't wanna just repeat what everyone else is saying but, holy shit this thing is insane! The fact the world's biggest pop band chose to release this as a lead single bodes very well.

Both new tracks remind me of Viva tracks (Orphans/LiJ, Arabesque/Yes) which is a very positive sign It's far too early to say "Oldplay are back!" but y'know, early signs are good

It's what they were attempting with MX/AHFOD but actually done well. It's undeniably poppy, but it's genuinely feel-good poppy, which the band hasn't really been for a long time. It kinda reminds me of Lovers in Japan actually

I hope it’s in Daddy

I think Chris is just describing Swans at the start

Apparently this album will include explicit content. That’s a first, right?

The issue isn’t that guitar and bass has gone away, it’s still there as much as ever. The issue is they’re now drowned in a wall of synths and noises, whereas in the past they were given room to breathe.

Continuing in the tradition of single covers which are clearly better than album covers

Coldplay traditionally don’t release music videos until a few weeks/a month after release so I’m not expecting any music videos tomorrow

Just heard the snippets. They’re so short I don’t know how people can make judgements on anything just yet

They are dead but I'm kind of OK with that. I don't really want another AROBTTH, as much as I love it, and I do love it a lot. It's very much an album of its time, another one would feel regressive at this point. AROBTTH was a lengthy album as it was, it had a ton of b-sides, then X&Y took that sound and ran it into the ground. We don't need any more songs in that style. Viva is a different story though. That album still sounds as fresh and vital today as it did 10 years ago. More to the point, they introduced a whole bunch of new, exciting elements to their sound. They could've done so much with it. Yet most of those new elements were simply abandoned when Mylo Xyloto came out. There was so much potential for future directions after Viva, and it still feels like they have some unfinished business on that front. I highly doubt Everyday Life will pick up where Viva left off though.

Despite Jonny confirming the Amazon tracklist, there are some rude people on r/coldplay who are still in complete denial.

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AHFOD wasn't BAD bad but there's still a hell of a lot wrong with it. It's probably their worst album, maybe second worst on a really good day. I guess it's just depressing to see a band with so much creative potential burn it all on something so flat and generic.

They might have planned to split it at one point, but changed their minds

The Coldplay reddit are in complete denial that the Amazon leak is real. I'm not saying it definately is, but there's like a 75% chance. "I don't like it, therefore it's fake" is not a great argument.

I see this being an hour long at most

Man, I really want to be excited for the new album. Honestly. But every bit of info we get makes me think they haven't completely moved on from AHFoD yet.