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Coldplay
album a head rush
By Dan Smith
Mesa Legend
Coldplay
Coldplay became popular with the release of their last album, "Parachutes,"
which sold nearly 5 million copies worldwide and featured the song Yellow.
The band originated in London in the mid-90s.
The alternative rock band Coldplay has just released their new album,
"A Rush of Blood to the Head." The album is a collection of
uncluttered tracks driven by acoustic and electric guitars, drums, synthesizers
and the vocally sincere Chris Martin.
A quiet, intimate mood is cast in this new album with slight reverb added
to drums, guitars and vocals, giving a live feel to the new release. The
live ambience of the album is offset by smooth synthesizer sounds carefully
placed throughout the tracks, teasing the brain with surreal abstract
imagery in many of the songs.
Broken at points by a rising tempo is the general melancholy mood of the
album set by Martin's vocals, which sound a bit like Radiohead's Tom York
on Prozac. Martin's vocals cast an introspective atmosphere, giving the
impression that he is just a voice in his own head; it is this quality
that gives this album its edge.
Altogether "Rush," is a piece of musical entrepreneurship claiming
cohesiveness and continuity, the sign of solid art work.
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