Today, Pitchfork informed me that not only does Coldplay have a new Brian Eno-helmed album, Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends, entering my life on June 17, but that they've just announced the tracklisting.
Where the fuck was I when this was announced in the first place?
It's been three years since the band released X&Y. As Pitchfork so lovingly and asshole-ingly dubs them, the "soft-rock Goliath" have largely been dismissed as a pansy ass, easy listening band. While I admit that X&Y is probably my least favorite of their three LPs, it's not pansy. Not by a long shot.
Chris Martin is a genius, you know? Say what you will about the soaring falsetto or naming his daughter Apple. What the fuck ever. Lyrically and instrumentally, dude is ferocious. I've never seen someone so energetic in a concert setting, despite the fact that a certain ex-boyfriend of mine fell asleep during one of the more mellow tunes. He's also a mean key tinkler, if you catch my drift. All and all, I have never once been let down by this band. Not even by X&Y, or by hearing "Speed of Sound" on Sunny 106.5. Am I right, Vegas kids?
It's been hard out here for a Coldplay fan, what with the "You know how I know you're gay?" jokes and the "poor man's Oasis" comparisons. They get a bad rap. While I won't dissect each album individually as a work of modern art, plead my case by chucking rare EPs and b-sides at you, or discuss the intellectual importance of the use of strobe lights, lasers, and running in every. single. music video they've ever made, I will say this. Coldplay was the first like, COOL concert I ever went to. A Rush of Blood to the Head got me through my first REAL breakup. "Warning Sign" was playing the night I saw The Last Kiss, the worst movie I've ever seen, but the biggest epiphany I've ever had. "Shiver" was playing the night I knew that I would never love anyone on Earth the way I love Philip John Cerza IV. "Clocks" taught me, after years of embarrassment, how to harmonize. Music is as big of a part of my life as air, but as you can see, Coldplay is sort of the cherry on top.
Anyway, enough of my ever-so-emotional editorial. Here is a link to the Bitchfork article with the tracklisting, and a couple of mp3s that should NOT be lumped in the same category as Aaron Neville and Kenny G. I'm really excited for this, guys. June 17!
Coldplay Reveal Viva la Vida Tracklist (Pitchfork)
How You See the World (2) - (Help: A Day in the Life)
Lips Like Sugar - (Live, Echo and the Bunnymen cover)
See You Soon - (The Blue Room EP)
Love, Lindsay
1 comment:
That looks like a Pixies album to me. That's brilliant. Yeesh.
By the way, fuck NME. I would fall asleep to Norah over Coldplay any day of the week.
Post a Comment