There is one good thing about a new Coldplay album, it gives me the opportunity to point out what a bunch of hypocritical asses these guys are,
1. If Chris Martin is just a member of the band why is his ugly mush always front and center? Anyone? Anyone?
2. If he writes all the material why is he sharing his royalties (answer: he doesn't)
3. Why of the three songs I've heard off the new album, one if terrible and the other two are
a) Plagiarized "Every Teardrop A Waterfall" is a Peter Allen rewrite
and
b) At least partially a lift: "Hurts Like Heaven" takes all its best parts (the first half of each verse) off LCD Soundsystems "All My Friends" (a vastly better song) and even the doctored keyboards belongs to a dance not a rock song. Everything a bout the song feels borrowed.
And if this is the bands idea of a big sound perhaps they should fess up to being the definition of public school bedwetters, getting buggered by the head Boy and looking over you shoulders and cribbing their finals. They should be expelled for this one.
There is something so second hand about the song; from Brian Eno's ubiquitous appearance to the tinkling synths to the pathos pull lame lyric: it tries way too hard.
Grade: B-