Already very addicted to Orphans!

Oprhans video out now! Really enjoying both songs

 

personally very disappointed, they can do much better than this

Quite enjoyed on first and second listens; I think it’s Orphans that makes me start singing “here comes the bride” to the chorus. One of them did anyway :lol:

Both of these songs are definitely much better than anything off 'Kaleidoscope', thank god! 'Orphans' is pretty Coldplay-by-numbers but I'm not gonna complain at that, have already heard it twice on the radio and it sounds great on there, very joyful sounding song despite the downbeat lyrics. Just heard 'Arabesque' now and it's not quite as instant naturally but I was getting into it more as it went on and continued building, definitely think it'll grow more with more listens. Loving the saxophone on it in particular. x

Arabesque >>> Orphans

I'm not feeling either of the new tracks, might wait until the album release to listen to them again.

These songs are not of their finest work but i have no doubt the album will house at the least a few good tracks.

The reception to their new material is lukewarm at best, the album, therefore, may not open on the strong sales that is usually expected from them.

 

'Everyday Life' (title track) has appeared on iTunes with the running time of 4:18, so it looks like that will be released soon (probably this week or the week after).

 

And on November 22nd, the band will be performing the album in Jordan and livestreaming it (Sunrise will be live at 4am GMT, Sunset 2pm).

 

 

And this fake conference video is brilliant :lol:

The title track is available now.

 

Oh this is absolutely beautiful, already like it even more than the first two songs I think! That instrumentation :wub:

finally a good song, Orphans is such a mediocre song, a 4/10 being generous

Awful commercial music.

How is Arabesque commercial?

I have to ask, what do you want from Coldplay? Orphans is standard stadium rock but enjoyable enough and is aimed at people who are just expecting that from them. I love Arabesque, much like the Nightwish track of the same name (sorry, I have to) it's an interesting departure from their normal sound to appease those who want something musically challenging, I'd be surprised they released a track like this if they hadn't done Midnight too.

 

Everyday Life is lush. That's the best sort of Coldplay, where they get the vocals almost lost in strong instrumentation that bring the feelings out.

as someone suggested above, a Coldplay rate would be really interesting

to see the contrast between early day fans of Yellow and The Scientist vs recent fans that like pop Coldplay of Everyday is a Waterfall/Ritmo de la Noche :)

I'd love a Coldplay rate or least favourite poll (which I prefer to rates). I think it would be a great addition to this forum and drive some footfall in here!

Not this. The latest tracks are calculated and commercial and just not good at all. They're diet Coldplay and they're not on my listening lists.

Ah yeah the super commercial sounding Arabesque

It is though. It's just a calculated and very poor track. It's jsut Ed Sheeraning music.