Coldplay have been in the studio working on their 5th studio album and expect to release it before the end of the year.
According to the Coldplay website, the album is well down the track of completion. The write, “With the project getting something of a reboot after Latin America, they've been very much back in the exploratory phase again. As described in the previous blog, there is a list of songs now and those songs have verses, choruses, riffs, lyrics and so on. These are the raw materials, though. Unrefined and rough, this is the record's skin and bones, if you will. The "turning into something beautiful" bit, is the result of two methodologies”.
Brian Eno is back on the job for this record. “The first is a huge amount of sheer graft and attention to detail. Brian Eno calls it "screwdriver work" and he's not much of a fan of it. It's the real craftsmanship of the songwriting phase. Everything is tried and changed, analysed and re-appraised. All in search of an approach that will yield the magic they're seeking. Leaving no stone unturned means that the elusive "perfect arrangement" or "getting everything to sit just right" will be achieved no matter how much work is required to get there”.
The tracks are not finished yet but not far off. “The songs haven't assumed their final beautiful form yet, but they're a very long way from their skin and bones phase. What's impossible not to conclude though, is that they have some absolutely killer tunes. I have no idea whether the fellas left for their break proud of what they've achieved so far and excited about what they have here, but I really hope so. They should be”.
The yet-to-be titled album is the follow-up to ‘Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends’, released in 2008. Coldplay also released a second edition of the album titled ‘Prospekt’s March’ later that year.
‘Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends’ has sold 8.1 million worldwide.
Undercover.com.au