Ghost Stories - New Tracks
Coldplay have their fans on their toes, releasing new songs weeks before their sixth album. Ghost Stories is set to be released (On 19th May). Performances at the iTunes festival showed fans their new songs 'Always in My Head' and 'Another's Arms' which we're greeted with great enthusiasm and praise. Coldplay also released a new song, 'Oceans' while performing at BBC Live Lounge. And their most recent track 'Sky Full of Stars' was released and gained #1 on the iTunes charts in 86 countries! Well done Coldplay!
My personal response is of course, as positive as ever to Coldplay and I highly praise them for such great tracks. Although, most of these tracks are break-up tracks, you can sadly see how many of these songs may have found their inspiration through the Martin/Paltrow split. I found it unusual to have the band have an ongoing theme throughout all their songs so far released. All the songs are about love and/or heartbreak, quite a change from Mylo Xyloto which had a more happier theme with songs not necessarily about love.
I think I'm just going to miss the era of Xylobands, bright colours, and beautiful confetti. This era seems to be much darker with an ongoing theme of stars, with star confetti and star-shaped hanging lights. It sure is going to be beautiful and without doubt I will love this era too because I have a great obsession with astronomy and stars in general. (Coldplay and stars? My perfect mix!) But I feel like I am going to miss the colours and happiness from the previous era (and more importantly Chris Martin's ridiculous dance moves).
My favourite released track so far is 'Oceans'. When I first heard the track I was temporarily paralysed. This track is pure perfection. It reflects on the 'Parachutes' era as we hear Chris hitting those high, meloncholy notes and they finally reach back into their 'whiney' and 'depressing' themes. I love the acoustics of this song and so far it is without doubt my favourite song from the Ghost Stories album.
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