Anticipation: Coldplay

You probably already know this, but in case you don’t, Coldplay’s newest single, “Violet Hill,” is available for download free on the Coldplay site. It’s from the upcoming album Viva La Vida, due out Stateside June 17.

I highly recommend it. Not that I need just the song, as I’m fairly sure I’ll be picking up the disc pretty quickly. It’s got a bit of a plodding beat, but there’s just something about the synergy of Coldplay’s sound, especially here: delicate piano and vocals, falsetto, raw and buzzing but precise guitar, an ethereal ambient sound, and solid percussion work. It’s just great music to have on. There’s a Beatles/Oasis quality to this one (indeed to many of the band’s songs); it’s very familiar. Oddly, there’s a little bit of Fleetwood Mac in there too. Can’t quite put my finger on it entirely. But I’ve got it on repeat till I figure it out. I’m a phase person, a creature of some habit.

Update: Apparently the download window was just one week long, and I posted this right at the end of it. Sorry. But you can still listen to the song on the band’s site.

~ by JT on May 5, 2008.