Monday, April 28, 2008

New Coldplay In T-Minus 13 hours

Earlier today Coldplay announced that their first single in 3 years will be available as a free download on their site at 7:15 AM EDT tomorrow. "Violet Hill" has long been rumored to be the name of the first track from the ridiculously-titled new album Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends, but todays announcement is the first confirmation of that story. Also released today is the album artwork for Viva la Vida...



Mixed feelings about the album cover, but I kinda get the meaning behind it. Anyway, guess Coldplay is deciding to do whatever it takes to make sure EMI doesn't fuck this one up. Being at best a casual Coldplay fan, I'll pick up the single and let that determine whether I buy the album.

Wait...isn't that how the music industry wants things to be done?!?!?!? Horrors...

Check coldplay.com tomorrow at 7:15 EDT for "Violet Hill". For my readers on the west coast, it'll be up by sunrise for you. For readers abroad, get it on your lunch break. I'll be sure to review it once I've heard it.

==TJ==

2 comments:

Patrick Daniel O'Neill said...

"Mixed feelings about the album cover, but I kinda get the meaning behind it. "

But there's something strange about an iconic painting of the FRENCH Revolution being grafittied over in Spanish.

Shouldn't this be "Vive la vie"?

TJ said...

Nope. The French/Spanish juxtaposition has been talked about since the cover's release, and it's all being chalked up to the band's general weirdness.