365 – New Music Daily

Hello again – it’s been a long 6 days in my mind since my last blog. Did you notice I had a nice little streak going? That was that. Hopefully I can get it back here.

Let’s address the elephant in the room – yes, this is that Coldplay. The Coldplay that had 4 songs with titles for emojis – one of the stupidest ideas of all time. This is incredibly real, by the way, go check it out. Imagine how that would go in conversation, Chris Martin. Hey man, you hear that new Coldplay song ✨? Yeah I did, but I liked 🌎 better. Unbelievably ridiculous.

Coldplay has descended into one of the more boring, basic bands of all time, and would probably hold that title with ease, but are instead spared (by a pretty wide margin) due to the existence of Imagine Dragons. I won’t like, I am generally not one to judge others’ music taste – if someone likes Taylor Swift, Harry Styles, etc., I like to think I am one to just be quiet about it rather than voice my opinion of how much I hate it. Will I put on a happy face? Probably not, but if that’s all it amounts to, not too bad. Imagine Dragons do not get this treatment. If you are a diehard Imagine Dragons fan – you got problems man.

This album does highlight the better qualities of Coldplay’s music – which here is a nice form of accessible alternative rock/indie rock/pop-rock. Chris Martin does have a nice voice, and some of the compositions here remind me of something like Subterranean Homesick Alien off OK Computer, albeit with a lesser creative element. However, all that being said, it is pretty generic, and can definitely get pretty boring. I guess that is to be expected – considering this is regarded as maybe the best Coldplay album – it’s still just that, the best Coldplay album, which doesn’t make it amazing by any stretch of the imagination.

Favorite songs: Don’t Panic, Shiver, Sparks, Yellow, Trouble, High Speed