Music
New Coldplay album "developing a recognizable form"
by Ciaran Thompson
March 30, 2011
According to the band’s Roadie #42 blog, Coldplay’s upcoming fifth studio album is “developing a recognizable form.” Though no potential release date has been announced for the currently untitled record, the followup to 2008’s Viva la Vida is expected sometime later this year.
“Back in the studio, the songs are now very much pushing their heads above the soil and straining towards the light,” the blog says. “I suspect that the band has had a reasonable idea all along of how things will feel when they’re finished, in the same way that a sculptor sees the finished piece, but just needs to dig it out of the block. There’s been much chiseling and smoothing and now things are really developing a recognizable form and an emotional resonance.”
The band is working alongside producers Brian Eno and Markus Dravs. Previously reports have indicated the new album will be a concept record, however nothing has been confirmed.
