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RSS FeedsColdplay: Everyday Life review | Alexis Petridis`s album of the week
(The Guardian Culture News)

 
 

21 november 2019 18:45:58

 
Coldplay: Everyday Life review | Alexis Petridis`s album of the week
(The Guardian Culture News)
 


(Parlophone)The bandīs new double album mixes more of their melodically watertight stadium pop with dabblings in the genres they are least suited to dabble inThe internal psychology of rock bands is a tricky thing for outsiders to fathom but, 21 years on from their debut single, itīs pretty clear Coldplay are driven by two often conflicting impulses. The first is to be the biggest band in the world, a desire that was evident from the start in their amenable, uncontroversial songs dealing in generalities and emotions expressed so vaguely that anyone could relate to them. This instinct made them impressively adaptable, and when guitar rockīs currency crashed, they slipped easily into co-writes with Avicii and pop super-producers Stargate, and arranged guest appearances from Rihanna and the Chainsmokers.The other is an impulse to experiment. One suspects itīs not something to which Coldplay are naturally suited - invited to compile a streaming service playlist of influences, they opted for pub jukebox crowd-pleasers by Bob Marley, Oasis and REM - but they keep giving it a go, tapping up electronic auteurs Brian Eno and Jon Hopkins for ideas, and releasing concept albums and pseudonymous dabblings in African music. Continue reading...


 
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