new-coldplay-single &laquo; WordPress.com Tag Feed http://wordpress.com/tag/new-coldplay-single/ Feed of posts on WordPress.com tagged "new-coldplay-single" Sat, 19 Jul 2008 20:28:16 +0000 http://wordpress.com/tags/ en <![CDATA[violet hill]]> http://theworldisbrightandbeautiful.wordpress.com/?p=220 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:00:31 +0000 seanmichaelbrage http://theworldisbrightandbeautiful.wordpress.com/?p=220 Coldplay have, after spending quite a bit of time flying under the radar, dropped a new single! Available as a free download from coldplay.com, Violet Hill is a very interesting re-entry for the band. If this single is a good indication, the upcoming album "Viva la Vida" is going to be very enjoyable. The band are departing somewhat from the borderline-unbearably happy riffs and hooks that we know and love; here we see a migration towards a heavier, darker sonic landscape. I am very fond of the way the track almost skips through, making you unsure if you're hearing drum machines, a kit, or both. The fuzzy guitars are a brilliant change of pace from Johnny Buckland's typical sparkle tones; gone is the single-guitar hook, (a la "In My Place, Yellow, Talk, etc...) Violet Hill's Buckland proves to be significantly darker and way, way more atmospheric in approach. I think this single is really killer with it's stutter-step pacing, Edgy guitars and...what? A Coldplay guitar solo? Yes, my friends. A Coldplay guitar solo. "Viva La Vida" is set to drop ins the US on June 16, and based on the single, I'm pretty excited for the record. Your thoughts?

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]]> <![CDATA[Coldplay -- "Violet Hill"]]> http://jbotter.wordpress.com/?p=626 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:16:09 +0000 J. Botter http://jbotter.wordpress.com/?p=626 As anyone who knows me knows, I'm a gigantic Coldplay fan. In fact, they're my favorite band in the world and have been for a long, long time. So it was with much anticipation that I woke up this morning and downloaded the new single, Violet Hill, which the band released for free on its website.

My thoughts? This is not the same Coldplay I fell in love with, but in many ways, it's better. Violet Hill is far edgier, darker and more experimental than anything they have ever done. After the long ambient opening, the tune opens up with bombastic drums, guitars that are grittier than anything I ever expected from Coldplay, and an absolutely fantastic bass tone that holds the whole thing together.

Chris Martin remarked that the first three albums were "a trilogy" and that Viva La Vida would be something much different, something much more evolved and edgy, and if the first single is any indication, he was speaking the truth. It's going to be off-putting to a lot of Coldplay fans who love the slow, soft rock of the past three records, but I love seeing an established band take risks.

Can't wait for the album.

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