How we have missed Coldplay but thankfully they are back with their soon to be released fifth studio album entitled ‘Mylo Xytolo’. Since their highly successful previous album, ‘Viva La Vida’, Coldplay released a one-off Christmas song called ‘Christmas Lights’ which peaked at no. 25 on the Billboard charts. Now they are back with the lead single from their new album called ‘Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall’. Musically, there is a clear change in direction, Chris Martin describes the inspiration for the new album as “old school, New York graffiti.” and we can see where he is coming from. The track starts with bright souding keyboards and the first line begins “I turn the music up, I got my records on”. We can already tell that this is going to be a feel-good tune despite the slightly sinister title. Acoustic guitars start to build up the texture which then leads to a beautiful electric guitar solo. Champion starts to set the pace on drums and as the beat builds you are reminded why Coldplay are such an incredible band. This breath-of-fresh-air tune is a definite buy and we have only high hopes for the new album.