“The easy-listening rock kings deepen their politics and globe-trotting sound on a downright compelling LP.”
“a confounding experiment from a deceptively forward-thinking band”
“Coldplay continue to grow on the frank, explorative Everyday Life”
“The English arena band embrace genre fusion and spoken-word samples on their first album in four years”
“On the 52-minute vision quest that is their new double LP, the world’s most earnest arena band sound looser than they have in years.”
“In the four years since the release of Coldplay’s last album, the relentlessly upbeat A Head Full of Dreams, the world has become a more divided place. That sense of unease permeates the band’s eighth set – Trouble in Town pontificating on racial politics in the US, even if the chilling sample of police harassment that anchors the powerful second half of the song actually dates from 2013. The excr”
