We liveblogged the melancholy rock group’s 11-hour Instagram tease of their unusual album,rating each song snippet along the way 10.09pm GMTOver 10 hours, we were treated to approximately 7 minutes 50 seconds of music from Coldplay’s unusual album. What a time to be alive.
The band sound liberated, and as Martin’s hinted in recent interviews with Rolling Stone and the Wall Street Journal. That doesn’t necessarily mean they sound good,but more that they’re willing to experiment with unusual genres and styles. 10.03pm GMTLook, I’ll admit I cheated and listened to a ripped full version of this on YouTube. It’s an X&Y-era closing credits number, and all approximately pulling yourself together after being crushed to a fine powder by heartbreak.
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Source: theguardian.com