Its been a little over three years since we have heard from Chris Martin and his pals(the guy with the hat, the bald guy, and the other one) of Coldplay, although you wouldn’t know it since radio-play from Viva La Vida has managed to maintain a presence since then. They are back for a fifth round of semi-ambiguous and generational-friendly rock with Mylo Xyloto.
Coldplay comes back with an album that is lacking the passion that was growing with the last two albums, and takes the safe route as the gentle background music that you might hear at Starbucks. Apparently Mylo Xyloto is a “concept” album “based on a love story with a happy ending”, in which two protagonists: Mylo and Xyloto, who are living in an oppressive, inner city environment, and fall in love. The problem with that is it isn’t an obvious concept, and there is no real connection between each song that show it is supposed to have a unified theme.
The music is top notch, as per usual. Coldplay didn’t become one of the biggest acts in the world because they suck. However, as was pointed out earlier, it is very much meant to be appealing for a very broad range of age groups, the album is very pop-ish. They don’t step into any “dark” territory as they did in X&Y or Viva La Vida. Mylo Xyloto is a very happy album, very upbeat. Maybe that’s what the world needs, even though a Viva La Vida type of “revolution” album seems to be more appropriate for the times. Highlights include “Paradise” and “Charlie Brown”
Bottom line: It’s decent/Worth a listen.
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